paisà

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See also: paisa

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French païsan, from Latin pagus (countryside).

Noun

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paisà m (plural paisans, feminine paisana)

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
  3. a civilian (someone who is not in the military)
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Further reading

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