latino

plural latinos

1. Alternative letter-case form of Latino.

1. USnot comparableOf Latin American descent, Hispanic.

   She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.

   2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills

plural Latinos

1. USA person, especially a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)

   Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.

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   Certainly, the activists in this study believe that Latinos face antibrown racism and consider racial justice for Latinos to be an increasingly important part of America's racial justice agenda.

   2010, Mark R. Warren, Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11

   She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.

   2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills

   Authorized by the court to engage in racial profiling, masked federal agents continue to descend upon “Democrat-run” cities, subjecting Latinos and now Somalis to ongoing abuse.

   2025 December 19, Ryan Doerfler, Samuel Moyn, “It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025