paisan
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See also: païsan
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
paisan (plural paisans)
- 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.
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paisan oblique singular, m (oblique plural paisans, nominative singular paisans, nominative plural paisan)
- peasant (non-noble person)
Declension[edit]
Declension of paisan