padrone
IPA: pˈædrʌn
noun
- 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.
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Examples of "padrone" in Sentences
- In this respect he seems closer to a neighborhood padrone.
- It is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone.
- As padrone, Alfredo is captured by a teenage peasant boy carrying a rifle.