patronne
Britishnoun
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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
Madame Labbaye, the patronne, peered from behind a potted palm.
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
And Ste. Geneviève was the patronne of the virgins as well as of the city of Paris.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
"It is a droll trade," said the patronne.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
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