noun
- plural of paisan; fellow countrymen or people from the same region
Usage: informal; Italian-American slang
Examples
- He greeted his old paisans from the neighborhood.
- The restaurant was popular among the local paisans.
- They stuck together like true paisans should.
- All the paisans gathered for the festival.
- She felt comfortable among her paisans from Sicily.
- The paisans shared stories of the old country.