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Noun: padrone  pu'drow-nee
  1. An owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
     
  2. An employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.

Derived forms: padrones

Type of: boniface [archaic], employer, host, innkeeper

Encyclopedia: Padrone

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