n. A master; especially, a person, generally an Italian, who owns hand-organs and lets them out to itinerant players, or who systematically employs destitute children to beg for his benefit; also, an Italian labor-contractor; one who lets out Italian laborers in a body.n. In Italy: The prime minister of the papal curia.n. The landlord of an inn.n. The captain or master of a Mediterranean trader.