adelita

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noun

A female soldier during the Mexican revolution

OriginSpanish adelita →
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Meanings

nounadelita (plural adelitas)

plural adelitas

  1. A female soldier during the Mexican revolution

    An employee of the city's Latino Affairs Commission, she looks like an adelita (a woman soldier and camp follower) in her blouse, long skirt, and sash crisscrossing her chest.

    1988 July 15, David Fremon, “Look-Alike Contest”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Spanishadelita
  2. Englishadelita

From Spanish adelita.

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Translations

Spanish adelita
  • adelitafemale soldier during the Mexican revolution

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Edalati
Cite this entry
APA

adelita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adelita

MLA

“adelita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adelita. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adelita,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adelita.

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