Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An owner or manager, especially of an inn; a proprietor.
- n. A man who exploitatively employs or finds work for Italian immigrants in America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A patron; a protector.
- n. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
- n. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A patron; a protector.
- n. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
- n. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A master; especially, a person, generally an Italian, who owns hand-organs and lets them out to itinerant players, or who systematically employs destitute children to beg for his benefit; also, an Italian labor-contractor; one who lets out Italian laborers in a body.
- n. In Italy: The prime minister of the papal curia.
- n. The landlord of an inn.
- n. The captain or master of a Mediterranean trader.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
- n. an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
Etymologies
Examples
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He must be down there on that beach searching, calling his padrone's name, perhaps.
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He said he did not believe the padrone was a bad fellow, but he liked to take advantage of a stranger when he could; we all did.
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The padrone is his uncle, and treats him better than the rest of us.
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Such a leader is almost always under the patronage of a "boss" in New York or a 'padrone' in Italy, who uses his influence to protect the members of the gang when in legal difficulties and find them jobs when out of work and in need of funds.
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He was a commited socialist who ran his ranch like a kindly paternalistic padrone.
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“But, but—the padrone gave us the money to come here,” Bella said.
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He was using it to pay off the padrone for your ticket to America.
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Lori Eanes for The Wall Street Journal Dungeness crab deviled eggs with chipotle aioli "This is traditional fare, with a twist," says Tisha Hilario, a 46-year-old software trainer at a nearby federal building, after finishing a lunch that included a $13 mushroom quesadilla with Oaxaca cheese, pickled padrone peppers and scallions.
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I think about him, my padrone bologna, and I get the cramps like you wouldn't believe.
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Il padrone di casa e' venuto ieri sera per controllare se era un problema che potesse risolvere lui o no, e stamattina alle 9 e un quarto e' arrivato il tecnico!
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