padrone
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron and pattern.
Noun edit
padrone (plural padrones or padroni)
- A patron; a protector.
- The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
- A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “padrone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *patrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
padrone m (plural padroni, feminine padrona)
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Noun edit
padrone f pl