Crossword clues for patronne
Wiktionary
n. (context in France English) A woman who is the owner (or wife of an owner) of a business such as a bar or restaurant
WordNet
n. a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron [syn: patroness]
Usage examples of "patronne".
He had already, at the foot of the stair, called out to the stout patronne, a lady who turned to him from the bustling, breezy hall a countenance covered with fresh matutinal powder and a bosom as capacious as the velvet shelf of a chimneypiece, over which her round white face, framed in its golden frizzle, might have figured as a showy clock.
He had already, at the foot of the stair, called out to the stout patronne, a lady who turned to him from the bustling, breezy hall a countenance covered with fresh matutinal powder and a bosom as capacious as the velvet shelf of a chimneypiece, over which her round white face, framed in its golden frizzle, might have figured as a showy clock.