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paisano
[ pahy-sah-noh, -zah-; Spanish pahy-sah-naw ]
noun
, plural pai·sa·nos [pahy-, sah, -nohz, -, zah, -, pahy-, sah, -naws].
- a person who shares one’s place of origin; compatriot.
- Southwestern U.S.
- a person who lives in a rural area; farm laborer; rustic.
- a roadrunner.
paisano
/ paɪˈsɑːnəʊ; paiˈsano /
noun
- informal.a friend; pal
- a fellow countryman
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of paisano1
C20: via Spanish from French paysan peasant
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Example Sentences
Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson all stayed at El Paisano, still the grandest hotel in town.
From The Daily Beast
They received the usual frank welcome of a paisano, and were told to dismount and unsaddle.
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The guerrillero is the irregular soldier, or armed paisano, who wages this little war.
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Sick with expectancy of the news he feared, he rode up, dismounted, and dropped Paisano's reins.
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Of these inhabitants the true paisano, the Gaucho, decidedly claims the chief share of attention.
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Their cabalistic watchword was “Paisano” (fellow-countryman), their battle cry “Independence.”
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