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Chicano

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Chi·ca·no /tʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural Chicanos) [countable]  SARa US citizen who was born in Mexico or whose family came from Mexico 墨西哥裔美国人 HispanicChicano adjective
Examples from the Corpus
ChicanoWhere are the blacks and the Chicanos?Where is the Chicano whose father slaved in the lettuce fields?One of the main characters that rediscovers his roots is this Chicano lawyer in San Francisco.
Origin Chicano (1900-2000) Mexican Spanish Spanish mejicano Mexican man
Chi·ca·no nounChineseSyllable
Mexico a citizen Corpus was in who born US or


Chicano
Chicano /tʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun (plural Chicanos) [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Mexican Spanish
 Origin: Spanish mejicano 'Mexican man'
a US citizen who was born in Mexico or whose family came from Mexico
—Chicano adjective
Hispanic


Chi·canoBrE /tʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /tʃɪˈkɑːnoʊ/ 🔊BrE /ʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ʃɪˈkɑːnoʊ/ 🔊BrE also /tʃɪˈkeɪnəʊ/ 🔊, /ʃɪˈkeɪnəʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
Chi·canos
)
(especially US, from Spanish)
a person living in the US whose family came from Mexico 奇卡诺人(墨西哥裔美国人)   compare Chicana, Hispanic noun, Latino