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What is the noun for paisan?

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paisano
  1. Peasant; rustic
  2. One's fellow countryman; compatriot
  3. (paesano) among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent, a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
  4. native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
  5. (US, Southwest US) roadrunner
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Found in local restaurants, their breads include rustic sourdough, farm, paisano, calamata olive, and pecan raisin.”
      “We got rid of our paisano with difficulty, and only under a promise to visit his chacra, somewhere in the vicinity, next morning.”
      “They received the usual frank welcome of a paisano, and were told to dismount and unsaddle.”
paisan
  1. Alternative form of paisano
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the concert in Delmas, he introduced a paisan who grew bananas, and who had just signed a contract to sell a hundred and fifty million euros' worth to Germany.”
      Paisan seems too wrapped up in the sport to focus solely on the career of a single boxer.”
      “The Hot-head Paisan creator's illustrations might not have the polish exhibited by, say, Alison Bechdel or Howard Cruse, but her work has a jagged richness of its own.”
paisanos
  1. plural of paisano
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The novel focuses upon the paisanos of the Monterey area, paralleling their lives with those of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.”
      “In the back is a colourful mural depicting paisanos at work on a street that seems to be paved with tortillas.”
      “He is decidedly sympathetic to Native Americans, paisanos, and other working classes.”
paisans
  1. plural of paisan
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When Santa visits his paisans with Dominick he'll be, because the reindeers cannot climb the hills of Italy.”
      “Our paisans have driven the two hours from New York to visit us in our suburban home outside Hartford.”
      “The yeasty aroma of bread baking in brick ovens hit me like a physical blow as we found a table amidst the paisans.”
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