goombah
noun
goom·bah ˈgüm-ˌbä 
plural goombahs
1
informal : a close friend or associate —used especially among Italian-American men
2
informal + disparaging : a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization : mafioso
broadly : gangster
3
informal, often disparaging + offensive : an Italian American
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Her goombah was Rocky Graziano, who was a major middleweight champion. 
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021 Word History
Etymology
Italian dialect (Campania) cumbà, vocative form of cumbare respected older man, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater — more at compeer
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1