padrone
English
Etymology
From Italian padrone, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin patronus.
Noun
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
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Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin patronus.
Noun
padrone m (plural padroni, feminine padrona)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Noun
padrone f pl
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