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Definition of Paisano
1. n. The chaparral cock.
Definition of Paisano
1. Noun. Peasant; rustic ¹
2. Noun. One's fellow countryman; compatriot ¹
3. Noun. native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry ¹
4. Noun. (context: Southwest U.S.) roadrunner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paisano
1. a fellow countryman [n -NOS]
Medical Definition of Paisano
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paisano
Literary usage of Paisano
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"Motive of the paisano Hostility.—Echeandia Proposes the Confiscation of the
Mission Property.—Meaning of the Decree of 1813.—Real Motive Again. ..."
2. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"Motive of the paisano Hostility.—Echeandia Proposes the Confiscation of the
Mission Property.—Meaning of the Decree of 1813.—Real Motive Again. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"paisano, the protagonist, and two of his associates, men whom he honours with the
... Enter the Alcalde to read to paisano his sentence of death ; he is ..."
4. The Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1893)
"To learn an air is ordinarily simple ; but to learn a Mexican paisano air just
as the paisano ... The paisano sings, in palpable doubt of his own voice. ..."
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