Mafioso
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A member of the Mafia.
"Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Mafioso. alt-of
"Ask any FBI man who's ever tried to harass a mafioso."
- 3 a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States wordnet
- 4 A member of the Mafia.; A male member of the Mafia.
"The widow of one murdered Mafioso gave her son the bloody jacket that her husband had been killed in. […] So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own."
- 5 a member of the Sicilian Mafia wordnet
Example
More examples"Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket."
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mafioso, from Sicilian mafiusu.
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