Definition of "patrico" []

• A hedge-priest or orator among gipsies and beggars. Also patercove. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "_ Yes, sir; a cunning man, and a fortune-teller; a very ancient stroller all the world over, and has travelled with gipsies: and is a patrico."
• "Zoroaster leaped from the table, and his example was followed by Turpin, and more leisurely by the patrico."
• ""Eleanor is the name, assuredly," replied the patrico, somewhat surprised."