Padrone

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA patron; a protector.

2.nounThe master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

3.nounA man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.

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