balsero

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noun

A refugee who travels from Cuba to America by sea.

OriginSpanish balsero →
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Meanings

nounbalsero (plural balseros)

plural balseros

  1. A refugee who travels from Cuba to America by sea.

    If Manglano-Ovalle sympathizes with the balseros, Kara Walker's installation at the Renaissance Society is so over-the-top it can hardly be reduced to a simple argument.

    1997 February 7, Fred Camper, “Anti-Masterpieces”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Spanishbalsero
  2. Englishbalsero

From Spanish balsero.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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