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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
  1. 1

    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.”