Cuban

plural Cubans

1. A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

   His mother was a Cuban, and his father was a Spaniard; they came to the United States in 1918.

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   Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.

   2004 May 2, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald

2. A cigar made in Cuba.

   What a hypocrite! He talks big about law and order but then he'll also wave an embargoed Cuban in your face!

3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Cuban sandwich.

   Can I please get a Cuban and a beer? Thank you!

4. A surname.

1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.

   Conservative Republicans who had demanded an investigation and hearings when Elian, the 6-year-old Cuban boy, was forceably taken from the house of his great-uncle on April 22 quickly retreated when it was clear the public supported the government action.

   2000 February 6, Adam Clymer, “THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE: THE POLITICS; While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and Bush Hedge on Ruling”, in The New York Times