"Chican@" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chican@s [plural]
Etymology: @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Etymology templates: {{-a-o-@|en}} @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Chican@}} Chican@ (plural Chican@s)
  1. (neologism) A Chicano or Chicana. Tags: neologism
    Sense id: en-Chican@-en-noun-Z-6GvbXA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

Inflected forms

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