machetero

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noun

Someone who wields a machete.

OriginSpanish machetero →
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Meanings

nounmachetero (plural macheteros)

plural macheteros

  1. Someone who wields a machete.

    Castro is talking about plans to increase the use of machines to cut the sugar cane in future harvests. A combine can cut thirty times as much cane as a machetero can. But they should not be afraid of losing their jobs.

    2003, Lee Lockwood, Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel, page 13
  2. A member of the Boricua Popular Army.

Origin

  1. Spanishmachetero
  2. Englishmachetero

Borrowed from Spanish machetero.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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