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As the band struck the eastward or windward line of horsemen, the mares, except for the control of the stallion, would have yielded, but now, under his leadership, they recoiled like a band of ladinos.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy

The industry is conducted by ladinos, as well as indians, but the salt is poor.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

This pass or license described the negroes as ladinos, a term used to designate Africans who have been long settled in Cuba.

From A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Sturge, Joseph