Mafioso /ˌmɑfiˈoʊˌsoʊ/ noun2 •A member of the Mafia.Phil put his arms around him. Drew him in close, pressed his cheek to Dane's the way the Mafiosi in the fifties would kiss somebody right before they punched his ticket. — 2006 •A male member of the Mafia.The widow of one murdered Mafioso gave her son the bloody jacket that her husband had been killed in. […] So far there has not been a Mafiosa who has made it to the top on her own. — 1998 formsMafiosi · Mafiosos · mafiosi · mafiosos