ejido

[ Spanish e-hee-thaw ]

noun

, plural e·ji·dos [e-, hee, -, th, aws].

1. a Mexican farm communally owned and operated by the inhabitants of a village on an individual or cooperative basis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ejido¹

1885–90; < Mexican Spanish; Spanish: common fields (immediately outside a village) < Latin exitus exit ¹