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Noun [English]

Forms: padrones [plural], padroni [plural]
Etymology: From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron, Patronus, and pattern. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|padrone}} Italian padrone, {{uder|en|la|patronus}} Latin patronus, {{doublet|en|patron|Patronus|pattern}} Doublet of patron, Patronus, and pattern Head templates: {{en-noun|s|padroni}} padrone (plural padrones or padroni)
  1. A patron; a protector.
    Sense id: en-padrone-en-noun-bg~X77Fy
  2. A landlord; the master of a large estate.
    Sense id: en-padrone-en-noun-G94Ya6Vq
  3. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
    Sense id: en-padrone-en-noun-xlyuARlM
  4. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Greek or Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
    Sense id: en-padrone-en-noun-sySraDef Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 5 6 79 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 9 10 61 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 3 6 62 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 4 74 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
  5. A mafia boss.
    Sense id: en-padrone-en-noun-X5WDvOS4

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /paˈdro.ne/ Forms: padroni [plural], padrona [feminine]
Rhymes: -one Etymology: From earlier *patrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|patronus}} Latin patronus, {{doublet|it|patron}} Doublet of patron Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} padrone m (plural padroni, feminine padrona)
  1. master Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-~GE7Tf1n
  2. owner Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-TBApaX7j Categories (other): Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/ Disambiguation of Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/: 8 17 8 30 8 28
  3. host Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-R0CuY0ew
  4. landlord Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-xKEbOgKn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/ Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 8 37 8 23 Disambiguation of Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/: 8 17 8 30 8 28
  5. (sometimes derogatory) employer, boss Tags: derogatory, masculine, sometimes
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-6zmZ2MAZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: impadronirsi, padrone di casa, padroneggiare, spadroneggiare

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /paˈdro.ne/
Rhymes: -one Etymology: From earlier *patrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|patronus}} Latin patronus, {{doublet|it|patron}} Doublet of patron Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}} padrone f pl
  1. plural of padrona Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: padrona
    Sense id: en-padrone-it-noun-H92aqUdi Categories (other): Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/ Disambiguation of Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/: 8 17 8 30 8 28

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1897, Morley Roberts, “A Travel-Picture”, in Lady's Realm, volume 2, page 412:",
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          "ref": "1906 March, Robert Hichens, “The Call of the Blood”, in Harper's Bazaar, volume 40, number 3, page 229:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1906, Captain Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 152:",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "1912, David Hannay, The Sea Trader: His Friends and Enemies, page 30:",
          "text": "It may have been an accident that the padrone of the Saint Nicholas of Messina had exactly twice as many shirts and pairs of breeches as the other members of the ship's company, yet it is to be observed that the proportion of two to one, or thereabouts, obtained in every respect between him and the mariners.",
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          "text": "As a natural consequence of what might be called this friendship the laborer turns to the banker or padrone for advice as to work, and he will go where the padrone sends him .",
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          "ref": "1911, “The Greek Padrone System in the United States”, in Abstracts of reports of the Immigration commission, page 391:",
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          "ref": "1914, Massachusetts. Commission on Immigration, Report of the Commission on Immigration on the Problem of Immigration in Massachusetts, page 70:",
          "text": "The handing over of this power to these \"bosses\" has meant the perpetuation of the padrone system in Massachusetts.",
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          "text": "For along the dark drive leading up to the main house was a bizarre collection of statuary: likenesses of the entire Boiardo family, their busts and nameplates array on pilasters surreounding the padrone of the dynasty, a youthful Richie the Boot, outfitted in formal riding wear, sitting astride a prancing white stallion.",
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          "ref": "1998, Henner Hess, Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth, page 147:",
          "text": "The protection which the mafioso provides for the property of his padrone is principally directed against ladri and banditi; that is, against elements wishing, within the existing system, to improve their personal prospects.",
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          "ref": "2011, Andre Cedilot, Andre Noel, Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan, page 97:",
          "text": "Salemi, a high-ranking member of the Agrigento Mafia, insisted that Violi recognize Cuffaro, but the self - styled padrone of Saint- Léonard would not capitulate.",
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          "ref": "2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75:",
          "text": "As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.",
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        {
          "ref": "1889, Walter Savage Landor, Havelock Ellis, The Pentameron: And Other Imaginary Conversations, page 89:",
          "text": "Dominedio! O Riverenza! how sadly must Ser Giovanni, my poor padrone, have lost his memory in this cruel long illness!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1897, Morley Roberts, “A Travel-Picture”, in Lady's Realm, volume 2, page 412:",
          "text": "The padrone, in imitation of a celebrated historian, sighed as a man, but obeyed as a landlord.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1906 March, Robert Hichens, “The Call of the Blood”, in Harper's Bazaar, volume 40, number 3, page 229:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A landlord; the master of a large estate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "landlord",
          "landlord"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, “The Sunken Rock-A Tale of the Mediterranean”, in Chambers's Papers for the People, page 15:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1906, Captain Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 152:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, David Hannay, The Sea Trader: His Friends and Enemies, page 30:",
          "text": "It may have been an accident that the padrone of the Saint Nicholas of Messina had exactly twice as many shirts and pairs of breeches as the other members of the ship's company, yet it is to be observed that the proportion of two to one, or thereabouts, obtained in every respect between him and the mariners.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "coaster",
          "coaster"
        ],
        [
          "Mediterranean",
          "Mediterranean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1901, Reports of the Industrial Commission on Immigration- Volume 15, page 433:",
          "text": "But the padrone does not employ the men alone and upon his own responsibility . He works together with the Italian banker, who is a somewhat more responsible party than the padrone; at least the men have more faith in him, because it is through him that they send money back to Italy, and with whom they keep their small savings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Frances Kellor, Out of Work, page 205:",
          "text": "As a natural consequence of what might be called this friendship the laborer turns to the banker or padrone for advice as to work, and he will go where the padrone sends him .",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, “The Greek Padrone System in the United States”, in Abstracts of reports of the Immigration commission, page 391:",
          "text": "The United States Bureau of Immigration has been conducting for some time an investigation aimed at the suppression of the \"padrone\" system in so far as it violates United States statutes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Massachusetts. Commission on Immigration, Report of the Commission on Immigration on the Problem of Immigration in Massachusetts, page 70:",
          "text": "The handing over of this power to these \"bosses\" has meant the perpetuation of the padrone system in Massachusetts.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914 June 1, “Some Serious Abuses in the Employment and Handling of Men”, in Contractor, volume 19, number 11, page 35:",
          "text": "With Italians and some other foreign labor, the entire management and care of laborers, except during the eight or ten hours they are actually at work, is turned over to the padrone. The man thus becomes the padrone's and not the contractor's . Again the padrone makes his living off of the men .",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Greek or Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "import",
          "import"
        ],
        [
          "earnings",
          "earnings"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Italian",
          "Italian"
        ],
        [
          "labourer",
          "labourer"
        ],
        [
          "street",
          "street"
        ],
        [
          "musician",
          "musician"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "beggar",
          "beggar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Robert Rudolf, Robert Rudolph, Mafia Wiseguys: The Mob That Took on the Feds, page 46:",
          "text": "For along the dark drive leading up to the main house was a bizarre collection of statuary: likenesses of the entire Boiardo family, their busts and nameplates array on pilasters surreounding the padrone of the dynasty, a youthful Richie the Boot, outfitted in formal riding wear, sitting astride a prancing white stallion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Henner Hess, Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth, page 147:",
          "text": "The protection which the mafioso provides for the property of his padrone is principally directed against ladri and banditi; that is, against elements wishing, within the existing system, to improve their personal prospects.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andre Cedilot, Andre Noel, Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan, page 97:",
          "text": "Salemi, a high-ranking member of the Agrigento Mafia, insisted that Violi recognize Cuffaro, but the self - styled padrone of Saint- Léonard would not capitulate.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75:",
          "text": "As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mafia boss."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mafia",
          "mafia"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "padrone"
}

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  ],
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    {
      "word": "impadronirsi"
    },
    {
      "word": "padrone di casa"
    },
    {
      "word": "padroneggiare"
    },
    {
      "word": "spadroneggiare"
    }
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        }
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          "expansion": "Turkish: patrona",
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        }
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "padrona",
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  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "master"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "host"
      ],
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        [
          "host",
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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    },
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        "landlord"
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "employer, boss"
      ],
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        [
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          "boss",
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        "(sometimes derogatory) employer, boss"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/paˈdro.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-one"
    }
  ],
  "word": "padrone"
}

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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian noun forms",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "patron"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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  "head_templates": [
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  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "padrona"
        }
      ],
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        "plural of padrona"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "padrona",
          "padrona#Italian"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/paˈdro.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-one"
    }
  ],
  "word": "padrone"
}

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