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paisano en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/ (US)
• /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/ (US)

Etymology

From Neapolitan paisano. Doublet of peasant.

Meanings

1. (US) An Italian(-American), particularly as a term of address between Italian-American men.

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paisano en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/ (US)
• /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/ (US)

Etymology

From Spanish paisano. Doublet of peasant.

Meanings

1. A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry.
2. (Southwestern, US) A roadrunner.
   • Within a very few minutes the cattleman was mounted and away. Paisano, well named after that ungainly but swift-running bird, struck into his long lope that ate up the ground like a strip of macaroni. 1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 178, column 2:

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