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- Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromchicano
- English todayChicano
From Mexican Spanish chicano, from mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chicano
Today it means: A person of Mexican descent with American citizenship, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic. Full definition →
Mexican Spanish chicano