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

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

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In the storied history of the Los Angeles punk scene, Chicanos were, and remain, permanent fixtures.

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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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Chicanos have largely dropped Aztlán as an aspirational legend, as the Latino population in the U.S. has diversified.

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