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MAFIOSO (mafiosi)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mafioso mean?
• MAFIOSO (noun)
The noun MAFIOSO has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Sicilian Mafia
2. a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
Familiarity information: MAFIOSO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Sicilian Mafia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mafioso" is a kind of...):
Sicilian (a resident of Sicily)
Holonyms ("mafioso" is a member of...):
Maffia; Mafia; Sicilian Mafia (a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mafioso" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Holonyms ("mafioso" is a member of...):
Cosa Nostra; Maffia; Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)
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