"Mexican American" meaning in All languages combined

See Mexican American on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Mexican Americans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mexican American (plural Mexican Americans)
  1. An American of Mexican descent. Synonyms: Mexamerican, Chicano Hypernyms: American, person Derived forms: Mexican-American
    Sense id: en-Mexican_American-en-noun-Lq1ae16W Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (US, nonstandard, proscribed) Any person of Latin American descent in the United States. Tags: US, nonstandard, proscribed Synonyms: wetback [offensive], beaner [offensive], illegal [offensive] Hypernyms: Hispanic, Latino
    Sense id: en-Mexican_American-en-noun-YJqFYGdg Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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