Paesano is defined as a fellow countryman, especially a fellow Italian.
A friend who lives down the street from you in your Italian village is an example of a paesano.
See paesano in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. paesani
Origin: It < LL pagensis: see peasant
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