Paduan
adjective
of or relating to Padua or its inhabitants.
Paduans
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pluralof Paduan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Renaissance chronicler Giorgio Vasari tells us in "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" that the sculptor was annoyed by all the roses adoring Paduans threw his way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2015
The Paduans, moved by this, did their utmost to make him their fellow-citizen, and sought to detain him with every sort of endearment.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by Gaston du C. De Vere
They demanded that the Paduans should, like the patriarch, repeat the tribute annually; but the prudent Doge Ziani judged the single humiliation sufficient, and refused to establish a yearly celebration of the feast.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
Pupil of the first Vivarini; influenced by the Paduans.
From The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition by Bernard Berenson
Whether this be true or not, it is certain that the conduct of the Venetians in some manner roused the Paduans to insult, and that the hot youths came to blows.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
