Chicanos

Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

In his own life, Luis’ answer to that was if America is supposed to be this multicultural beacon of democracy, then let’s have a space for Chicanos to play a role there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Valdez awakened a movement, bringing Chicanos from the California fields he grew up working in to stages and screens all over the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

After more than 20 years of struggle for a greater voice in Los Angeles politics, the concept of “go along to get along” simply hasn’t worked for Latinos in general--and particularly for Chicanos.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Instead, he became one of countless young Chicanos drafted by the U.S. government to fight the Viet Cong.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

“Yeah, God forbid you should ever get out of touch with us poor Chicanos up here,” Ernie Maestas laughed, slapping the agent’s shoulder as he went by.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols