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com•pa•ñe•ro
(kom′pən yâr′ō; Sp. kôm′pä nye′rô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pa•ñe•ros
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(-pən yâr′ōz; Sp. -pä nye′rôs).USA pronunciation
- Foreign Terms(in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- Foreign Terms(in Latin America) a male worker, coworker, or comrade.
- Latin -ārius -ary
- Spanish, equivalent. to compañ(a) company + -ero
- 1835–45, American.