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Definition of: padrone
(pä·drō′nā) noun plural ·nes (-nās) or ·ni (-nē)
1. Master: an appellation of an Italian house proprietor or employer of labor.
2. The master of a small vessel in the Mediterranean trade. [<Ital. <L patronus PATRON]
—pa·dro′nism noun
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