cholo

First recorded in 1850–55; from Mexican Spanish: “mestizo, peasant,” possibly a shortening of Cholollán (from Nahuatl Cholōllān, modern Cholula ), a city-state in pre-Columbian Mexico

usage note for cholo

When used of a Mexican or Mexican American, the term cholo usually refers disparagingly to an immigrant who is considered to be low-class and poorly educated. However, cholo is also a term of self-reference used by Mexican American youths.

Words nearby cholo

cholinomimetic, cholinoreactive, cholinoreceptor, cholla, chollers, cholo, chololith, Cholon, choloyl, Cholula, choluria

Example sentences from the Web for cholo

The Cholo leads us into South America, where for the present; we leave it.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
The slight wound was followed by such severe inflammation and swelling that the features of the Cholo were not recognisable.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
The youngsters of the pueblo were the bane of Cholo's existence and the torment of his infirmity and old age.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913|Harris Newmark
I'll have that cholo and Rondeau sent down with the next trainload of logs to the company hospital.
The Valley of the Giants|Peter B. Kyne