padrone
noun
a master; boss.
padrones
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pluralof padrone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Past that overhanging cliff, with its tragic legend, they drove, encountering the long procession of wine carts, with their tinkling bells, and the dogs guarding the sleeping padrones.
From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting
It was being sold to the padrones, who were bringing it to Palma and Barcelona.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
There is also a Boston Italian Society, organized in 1902, to protect newcomers from sharpers, thieves, and fraudulent persons; also from the frauds of bankers and padrones.
From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
One of these padrones," Daddy said slowly, "is trying to get families to work in Florida.
From Across the Fruited Plain by Florence Crannell Means
The steamship companies had to bear the expense of taking them back, but the padrones have not suffered any penalty, and will go on with their unlawful work.
From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
