paisan
See also: païsan
English
editNoun
editpaisan (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
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editpaisan oblique singular, m (oblique plural paisans, nominative singular paisans, nominative plural paisan)
- peasant (non-noble person)
Declension
edit Declension of paisan