Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a member of the Sicilian Mafia;
2.
a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maffioso \Maf`fi*o"so\, Mafioso \Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. -si.
[It. maffioso.]
A member of the mafia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mafia \Maf"i*a\, Mafioso \Ma`fi*o"so\, n.
see maffia, maffioso.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mafioso
n 1: a member of the Sicilian Mafia
2: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "Mafioso":
Young Turk, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, black marketeer,
bomber, bootlegger, brute, dealer, demon, devil, dragon,
drug pusher, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fury, goon, gorilla,
gray marketeer, gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound,
hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary,
killer, mad dog, madcap, monster, moonshiner, mugger, pusher,
racketeer, rapist, revolutionary, savage, she-wolf, spitfire,
termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy,
ugly customer, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf