padrone
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron and pattern.
NounEdit
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin patronus. Doublet of patron.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
padrone m (plural padroni, feminine padrona)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
padrone f pl