Sansone

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proper noun

A surname from Italian.

OriginItalian Sansone ← Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Italian.

    As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.

    2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75

Origin

  1. Hebrewשִׁמְשׁוֹן
  2. ItalianSansone
  3. EnglishSansone

Borrowed from Italian Sansone, from Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן.

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APA

Sansone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sansone

MLA

“Sansone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sansone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sansone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sansone.

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