/pəˈdrəʊni/, U.S. /pəˈdroʊni/, padrones.padronen.
/pəˈdrəʊni/, /pəˈdrəʊn(eɪ)/, U.S. /pəˈdroʊn(eɪ)//pəˈdrəʊni/, U.S. /pəˈdroʊni/, padrones. A master, employer, patron, or proprietor.spec. †(a) the prime minister of the Papal Curia (obsolete rare); †(b) the master of a Mediterranean merchant ship (obsolete); (c) the male proprietor of an Italian restaurant, boarding house, etc.; (d) (chiefly U.S., now historical) an exploitative (usually Italian) labour contractor, who employs unskilled Italian immigrants.Frequently used as a form of address.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper
tappera1000
tapsterc1000
wifeOE
taverner1340
gannekerc1380
tippler1396
alewifec1400
vintnerc1430
alehouse-keeperc1440
ale-taker1454
innholder1463
cellarman1547
ale draper?1593
pint pot1598
ale-man1600
nick-pot1602
tavern-keeper1611
beer-monger1622
kaniker1630
ordinary keeper1644
padrone1670
tap-lash?1680
ale-dame1694
public house keeper1704
bar-keeper1712
publican1728
tavern-man1755
Boniface1795
knight of the spigot1821
licensed victualler1824
thermopolite1832
bar-keep1846
saloon-keeper1849
posadero1851
Wirt1858
bung1860
changer1876
patron1878
bar-tender1883
soda-jerker1883
bar steward1888
pub-keeper1913
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > prime minister
padrone1670
society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > hirer of labour
feer1583
padrone1747
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master > of a merchant vessel
mastera1375
padrone1804
master mariner1838
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 79 The Cardinal Nephew, whom they called Padrone.
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 55 I shall never make you amends for this kindness, my dear Padron.
1747 T. Gray Let. in Corr. (1971) I. 289 As to my Eton Ode, Mr. Dodsley [sc. the publisher] is padrone.
1804 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. v. 86 Our padrone immediately displayed the Genoese flag, and hailed the vessel.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 66 The crew consisted of the padrone, two men and a boy.
1846 E. B. Browning Let. 19 Dec. (1897) 313 We delight in Italy... The padrone in this house sent us in as a gift (in gracious recognition, perhaps, of our lawful paying of bills) an immense dish of oranges.
1855 Harper's Mag. Feb. 333/2 The peasantry..of Tuscany cling..to their bondage. They say, we would rather have one ‘padrone’ than many.
1899 J. Koren Econ. Aspects of Liquor Probl. viii. 226 As a class the Italians live wretchedly... A multitude of the men who are unmarried or who left their families behind are herded in boarding-houses, if so dignified a name can be applied to the establishments conducted by the padroni.
1947 L. Lenski Judy's Journey xi. 177 Every spring, the padrone he come from New Jersey to get-a de pickers to work in the crops in the summer.
1994 Bon Appétit July 64/1 I had phoned ahead, since the Antica gets filled up by local families and is presided over by an all-powerful padrone.
2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 86/3 [He] is sticking with the only role he knows: the old-fashioned Italian father, the authoritarian padrone who says, ‘My way or no way’.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > prime minister > office of
padronage1670
padronancy1670
padronship1670
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 175 The declaration of a Cardinal Padrone..in the beginning of his Padronship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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