padrone

n. Italian owner or manager; (USA) employer who hires Italian immigrants; innkeeper, person who owns an inn

Noun
1. an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
(hypernym) host, innkeeper, boniface
2. an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
(hypernym) employer

n. master, boss, owner, manager, chief, Host, lord

n. manageress, hostess, mistress, housekeeper, lady of the house

(n.)
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
  

(n.)
A patron; a protector.
  

(n.)
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
  

Synonyms and related words:
boss, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, ecclesiarch, elder, employer, goodman, guru, husband, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, master, overlord, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher