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† paˈtroona Obs.
[ad. Sp. or obs. It. patrona, fem. of patron, patrone, with Eng. oo for Romanic ō: cf. prec.]
A mistress of slaves, in the Levant.
1704J. Pitts Acc. Mohammetans 47 By the sollicitations of the Patroonas, or Mistresses themselves. Ibid. ix. (1738) 217, I was in hopes that my Patroona.., would now have given me my Freedom. |