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padrone (iou)



padrone noun. . L17.
[Italian.]
A patron, a master; spec. (a) (obsolete exc. Hist.) the master of a trading-vessel in the Mediterranean; (b) (now chiefly US colloq.) an employer, a manager; esp. an exploitative employer of unskilled immigrant workers; (c) the proprietor of an inn or hotel in Italy.