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padrone

 [puh-droh-nee, -ney; It. pah-draw-ne]  

pa·dro·ne

   [puh-droh-nee, -ney; It. pah-draw-ne]
noun, plural -nes  [-neez, -neyz] , Italian -ni  [-nee] .
1.
a master; boss.
2.
an employer, especially of immigrant laborers, who provides communal housing and eating arrangements, controls the allocation of pay, etc., in a manner that exploits the workers.
3.
an innkeeper.
Origin:
1660–70; < Italian; see patron

Related forms
pa·dro·nism  [puh-droh-niz-uhm] , noun
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padrone (pəˈdrəʊnɪ)
 
—n , pl -nes, -ni
1.  the owner or proprietor of an inn, esp in Italy
2.  (US) an employer who completely controls his workers, esp a man who exploits Italian immigrants in the US
 
[C17: from Italian; see patron1]

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