patronne
- n a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
- Housewives who come in for fruit, milk, butter and vegetables love to gossip with the patronne over anything everything, from the latest grapevine news to the capers of les .
- Madame Labbaye, the patronne, peered from behind a potted palm.
- Once installed in that leadership role, however, that new patronne must find a way to repair the deep and bitter divisions that have plagued the party for more than a decade and .