"paisano" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/ [US], /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/ [US] Forms: paisanos [plural], paisan [alternative]
Etymology: From Neapolitan and Spanish paisano. Doublet of peasant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nap|-}} Neapolitan, {{bor|en|es|paisano}} Spanish paisano, {{doublet|en|peasant}} Doublet of peasant Head templates: {{en-noun}} paisano (plural paisanos)
  1. Among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent: a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
    Sense id: en-paisano-en-noun-JHRiKhSy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 16 20 7 2 1 9 15 1 8 1 1 9 3 1 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 23 7 1 0 10 11 0 9 0 0 10 2 0 0 11
  2. A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-paisano-en-noun-yqWJvfFt Disambiguation of People: 21 74 4
  3. (US, Southwestern US) A roadrunner. Tags: Southwestern, US
    Sense id: en-paisano-en-noun-HapaOVEn Categories (other): American English, Southwestern US English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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