[puh-droh-nee, -ney; It. pah-draw-ne] 
[-neez, -neyz] , Italian. -ni [-nee] . | 1. | a master; boss. |
| 2. | an employer, esp. 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. |
| pa·dro·ne (pə-drō'nē, -nā) n. pl. pa·dro·nes (-nēz, -nāz) or pa·dro·ni (-nē)
[Italian, from Latin patrōnus, patron; see patron.] pa·dro'nism n. |
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