paisan

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English

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Noun

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paisan (plural paisans)

  1. Alternative form of paisano
    • 1960, Lou Monte, Dominick the Donkey:
      When Santa visits his paisans with Dominick he'll be, because the reindeers cannot climb the hills of Italy.

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Old French

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Etymology

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From païs (countryside) + -enc (-ing), a suffix denoting an individual belonging to or associated with a certain group or place, from Frankish *-ing. Cognate with English -ing (as in Browning, Ewing, etc.).

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Noun

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paisan oblique singularm (oblique plural paisans, nominative singular paisans, nominative plural paisan)

  1. peasant (non-noble person)

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Descendants

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  • English: peasant
  • French: paysan
  • Spanish: paisano