patronne
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Madame Labbaye, the patronne, peered from behind a potted palm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bonnard, whose chatty recollections make up most of the novel, is the quizzical young patronne of a marginally respectable pension just after World War II in Switzerland.
From Time Magazine Archive
I took a fifty-franc note from my pocket, put it in the envelope, sealed it, and handed it to the patronne.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Two rooms were accessible from the tiny hall, but I entered the right one, and there by the window sat the patronne.
From Atlantic Classics by Various
The patronne is a motherly creature with half a dozen of her own brood.
From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John
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