padrone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
Example Sentences
- "She had not the slightest intention of keeping the promises she had made to the padrone; she had resolved to lie stoutly as far as was necessary to make good her own and Beppo's escape."
- "Whenever the padrone felt suspicious of any of the boys, he usually sent them out in company with Pietro, who acted as a spy, faithfully reporting all that happened to his principal."
- "Sometimes the son of the padrone walked among the vines, and we listened as to Christ."
- "Dominedio! O Riverenza! how sadly must Ser Giovanni, my poor padrone, have lost his memory in this cruel long illness!"
- "The padrone, in imitation of a celebrated historian, sighed as a man, but obeyed as a landlord."
- "To-day Lucrezia was in the service of distinguished forestieri, and she was gazing now across the ravine, straining her eyes to see a procession winding up from the sea—donkeys laden with luggage, and her new padrone and padrona, pioneered by the radiant Gaspare towards their mountain home."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: padrone