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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Mexican, especially a laborer who crosses the U.S. border illegally.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
  • n. A person of the Mestizo race, used interchangeably with the Spanish term mojado.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive.
  • n. An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent, usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
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    Mexican   
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    greaser    taco    greaser    taco   
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