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paisano definition

pai·sano (pī sä′nō, -zä′-)

noun pl. paisanos -·os

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. Slang a comrade; pal

Etymology: Sp < Fr paysan < OFr païsent: see peasant

Also paisan pai·san′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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