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Paisano

//paɪˈzɑ.noʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Italian(-American), particularly as a term of address between Italian-American men. US
  2. 2
    A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry.
  3. 3
    A roadrunner. Southwestern, US

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan paisano. Doublet of peasant.

Etymology 2

From Spanish paisano. Doublet of peasant.

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