Californio
noun
one of the Spanish-speaking colonists who settled California before it was annexed by the United States of America, or a descendant of one of these colonists.
Californios
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pluralof Californio.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“They’re trying to question the legitimacy” of the Californios, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
“The thinking was that the state’s prosperity was never meant to happen” to Californios, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Before the Civil War, some Californios and residents from the American South agitated again and again to divide the state in half — Union sympathizers in the north, Southerners and slavery supporters in the south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The armistice allowed Californios to keep their property and promised “equal rights and privileges.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Although some Californios staged a short-lived rebellion in September 1846, many others submitted to the U.S. takeover.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
