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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The men admitted that the padrones had paid their passage and agreed to furnish them work.
From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
One of the padrones intercepted these notifications and sold them to the men for five dollars apiece, making also the usual bargain for a share of their wages.
From Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams
The importation of contract laborers, usually under the direction of padrones, from Greece, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.
From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
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
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
