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padrone definition

pa·drone (pə drō′nē)

noun

  1. patron; master; boss
  2. in Italy
    1. a master of a Mediterranean trading ship
    2. an innkeeper
  3. ☆ Obsolete a contractor for immigrant Italian laborers in America

Etymology: It < L patronus, patron

Also It. padrone pa·dro′ne (pä drō̂′ne)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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