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padrone

pa·dro·ne
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puh-droh-nee, -ney; Italian pah-draw-ne]
    • /pəˈdroʊ ni, -neɪ; Italian pɑˈdrɔ nɛ/
    • /pə.ˈdrəʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puh-droh-nee, -ney; Italian pah-draw-ne]
    • /pəˈdroʊ ni, -neɪ; Italian pɑˈdrɔ nɛ/

Definitions of padrone word

  • noun plural padrone a master; boss. 1
  • noun plural padrone 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. 1
  • noun plural padrone an innkeeper. 1
  • noun padrone the owner or proprietor of an inn, esp in Italy 0
  • noun padrone an employer who completely controls his workers, esp a man who exploits Italian immigrants in the US 0
  • noun padrone patron; master; boss 0

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Origin of padrone

First appearance:

before 1660
One of the 46% oldest English words
From Italian, dating back to 1660-70; See origin at patron

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Padrone

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

padrone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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