Padrone

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A patron; a protector..

Definitions by Sense

1. A patron; a protector.
2. A landlord; the master of a large estate.
3. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
4. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Greek or Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
5. A mafia boss.

Example Sentences

She had not the slightest intention of keeping the promises she had made to the padrone; she had resolved to lie stoutly as far as was necessary to make good her own and Beppo's escape.

Whenever the padrone felt suspicious of any of the boys, he usually sent them out in company with Pietro, who acted as a spy, faithfully reporting all that happened to his principal.

Sometimes the son of the padrone walked among the vines, and we listened as to Christ.

Dominedio! O Riverenza! how sadly must Ser Giovanni, my poor padrone, have lost his memory in this cruel long illness!

The padrone, in imitation of a celebrated historian, sighed as a man, but obeyed as a landlord.

To-day Lucrezia was in the service of distinguished forestieri, and she was gazing now across the ravine, straining her eyes to see a procession winding up from the sea—donkeys laden with luggage, and her new padrone and padrona, pioneered by the radiant Gaspare towards their mountain home.

The poor padrone or captain, in his red-tasselled cap, dingy-velvet jacket, and open-kneed breeches, had no sooner contrived to scramble up the side and reach teh quarter-deck, followed by a grinning midshipman, than he gave vent to all sorts of gesticulations and protestations explanatory of his having unfortunately mistaken the British ship for a French one.

Whereupon Messrs. Gascoigne and Easy paid their bill and rose to depart, but the padrone informed them that he should like to see the colour of their money before they went on board.

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• padrones
• padroni

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