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paisano¹

  • /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/ US
  • /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From Neapolitan paisano. Doublet of peasant.

noun paisanos · paisan

  1. US An Italian(-American), particularly as a term of address between Italian-American men.

paisano²

  • /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/ US
  • /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From Spanish paisano. Doublet of peasant.

noun paisanos · paisan

  1. A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry.
  2. Southwestern, US A roadrunner. 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.

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"paisano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paisano. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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paisano. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paisano

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"paisano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paisano.

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@misc{paisano_2026,
  title = {paisano},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paisano},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}