Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America.
- adjective Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.
- noun A Spanish-speaking person.
- noun A US citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Spain or its people; particularly, pertaining to ancient Spain (Hispania).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Spain or its language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
Spain - adjective Of or relating to a
Spanish -speaking people or culture, as inLatin America . - adjective historical Of or pertaining to the
Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages. - adjective colloquial
mestizo . - noun A Spanish-speaking person.
- noun A person residing in the United States, Latin America or worldwide of Spanish
ancestry - noun colloquial a
mestizo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American whose first language is Spanish
- adjective related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'm hispanic - I'm Hispanic - I'm Hispanic~~~ This is soooooooooo Racist I mean How could they do this?
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Huntington's wish was to display art and artifacts that captured "the soul of Spain" at a time when the term Hispanic was typically associated with the Iberian Peninsula, not the people of Latin America.
NYT > Home Page By FELICIA R. LEE 2011
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Huntington's wish was to display art and artifacts that captured "the soul of Spain" at a time when the term Hispanic was typically associated with the Iberian Peninsula, not the people of Latin America.
NYT > Home Page By FELICIA R. LEE 2011
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As for the term Hispanic — prior to its use those now generally referred to as Hispanic were “other.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Sotomayor’s Lecture, “A Latina Judge’s Voice”: 2009
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Of course, most people in the United States use the term Hispanic incorrectly, in place of the more expansive term “Latino.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice? 2009
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But this doesn't actually tell the whole story, since a fair number of other people of Hispanic descent many of whom don't even like the term Hispanic since it collapses many histories into a hybrid, pseudo-racial box are checking other boxes, including "white."
Archive 2009-05-01 Tenured Radical 2009
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But this doesn't actually tell the whole story, since a fair number of other people of Hispanic descent many of whom don't even like the term Hispanic since it collapses many histories into a hybrid, pseudo-racial box are checking other boxes, including "white."
Remember the Alamo? Texas Conservatives Won't Jump On The Latina-Bashing Bandwagon Tenured Radical 2009
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Of course, most people in the United States use the term Hispanic incorrectly, in place of the more expansive term “Latino.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice? 2009
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Of course, most people in the United States use the term Hispanic incorrectly, in place of the more expansive term “Latino.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice? 2009
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The term Hispanic arose out of a context wherein it was clear about whom the term was refering, i.e., Mexicans, mostly mestizo, not the white Germanic or Spanish variety.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Is Somebody from Spain Hispanic?” 2007
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