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padrone

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Definitions

  1. an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.

Word origin

From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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