paisano
/pahy-sah-noh, -zah-; Spanish pahy-sah-naw/US // paɪˈsɑ noʊ, -ˈzɑ-; Spanish paɪˈsɑ nɔ //UK // (paɪˈsɑːnəʊ, Spanish paiˈsano) //
裴萨诺,裴斯诺,裴斯泰诺,裴斯洛夫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural pai·sa·nos [pahy-sah-nohz, -zah-; Spanish pahy-sah-naws]. /paɪˈsɑ noʊz, -ˈzɑ-; Spanish paɪˈsɑ nɔs/.
- : a person who shares one’s place of origin; compatriot.
- : Informal. a pal; buddy; compadre.
- : Southwestern U.S. a person who lives in a rural area; farm laborer; rustic. a roadrunner.
Examples
Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson all stayed at El Paisano, still the grandest hotel in town.
They received the usual frank welcome of a paisano, and were told to dismount and unsaddle.
The guerrillero is the irregular soldier, or armed paisano, who wages this little war.
Sick with expectancy of the news he feared, he rode up, dismounted, and dropped Paisano's reins.
Of these inhabitants the true paisano, the Gaucho, decidedly claims the chief share of attention.
Their cabalistic watchword was “Paisano” (fellow-countryman), their battle cry “Independence.”
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