Masculine

paisano

  1. (masculine) a fellow countryman
  2. (masculine) a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
  3. (Jewish, masculine) a fellow Jew

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
pai‧sa‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paiˈsano/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Old French païsan, itself from Latin pagus (“countryside”).

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