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paesan 
1930s, "fellow countryman, native of one's own country," from It. dialect, from L.L. pagensis "peasant, rustic" (see peasant). Sp. form paisano attested in Eng. (New Mexico) from 1844.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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