ladino

plural ladinos

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”).

   In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]

   1879, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, volume , page 89

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   Yolanda's fluctuation between mestizo and ladino is symptomatic of this analytical dilemma. Her inclination to embrace mestizaje signals a deep process of social change underway, in which critical ladino / mestizo self-making has played [a part...]

   2006, Charles R. Hale, More Than an Indian, School for Advanced Research on the, →ISBN

   Differentiated from both mulat(t)o and ladino, mestizo/mestico references specifically the mixing of white and Indian, whether phenotypically (simply in terms of the offspring of mixed intercourse) or culturally, and even linguistically.

   2011, David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

2. SoutheasternUScountableA cunningly vicious, wild or unmanageable horse.

plural ladinos

1. countableuncountableTrifolium repens (white clover).

1. A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.

   Synonyms: Judezmo, Judaeo-Spanish, Djudeo-Espanyol, Djudeo-espanyol

plural Ladinos · alternative ladino

1. A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo.

   [A]lthough almost all Pedranos consider themselves fully Mayan, many have some European and Ladino ancestry, stemming especially from prior generations when Spanish authorities governed the town.

   2011, Barbara Rogoff, Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 89

plural Ladinos

1. A surname from Spanish.