padrones

noun

variants or padroni
plural of padrone
as in patrons

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  1. patrons
  2. innkeepers
  3. landlords
Noun
  • Kulusich says she's witnessed other Disneyland patrons touch character actors or ask them inappropriate questions.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of patrons
Noun
  • Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • The state has asked Lake and Porter counties to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of innkeepers
Noun
  • Flock appraises homes of landlords looking to sell without triggering costly capital gains taxes.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Historically, rural credit in India was fragmented and informal, with farmers depending on relatives, traders, landlords, and local moneylenders for financing, which often came with high interest rates.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
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