Chicanos

1. Mexican-Americans; short for the Spanish word mexicanos, which is sometimes pronounced mechicanos. In recent years, Latino and Latina have become more widely used to describe Hispanic-Americans in general.

Example Sentences

He wanted Chicanos to better themselves, so he wasn’t afraid to call out their failures.

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We are both Mexican Americans, Chicanos, but I thought, “Alice is much more fluent in Spanish.”

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The Viet Chicanos are wary of attracting the wrong type of followers as well, who may be in pursuit of a different kind of lifestyle.

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As a filmmaker, seeing these stills of Chicanos reimagining Hollywood, I was so floored and excited.

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“We were leery of Chicanos and Americans who didn’t appreciate our being higher class Mexicans. We were like caught in between.”

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