"Mexican American" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Mexican Americans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mexican American (plural Mexican Americans)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Mexican, American. Synonyms: Mexamerican, Chicano
    Sense id: en-Mexican_American-en-noun-Y-T3l9BC
  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]
    Sense id: en-Mexican_American-en-noun-YJqFYGdg Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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