Mexican American

[mek-si-kuhn-uh-mer-i-kuhn]

noun

1. a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Mexican birth or descent; Chicano.

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexican Americans or their culture; Chicano.

2. Mexican-American, occurring between the United States and Mexico.

   The trade agreement lead to an increase in eighteen-wheelers crossing the Mexican-American border.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mexican American¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

“He got something to kind of stick with what happened to A&M and so in that way, he’s maybe stood out above the crowd a little bit,” said Karma Chavez, department chair in the Mexican American and Latina/o Studies department at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Her grandfather, Cruz, was a Mexican immigrant and civil rights pioneer who registered with the GOP in the late 1940s after Democratic leaders wouldn’t help him and other activists fight school segregation against Mexican American students in Orange County.

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And so our organization was able to raise and donate more than $1 million to support groups such as the House Democratic Caucus, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus.

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O’Rourke and his group donated more than $1 million to the Texas House Democratic Caucus, Texas Legislative Black Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, which they said benefited all members, whether or not they left the state, and came with no strings attached, like any other political donation.

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Those of us of who love Mexican American cuisine, in all its manifestations, can take heart in knowing it is still one of the most “American” aspects to whatever is left of the U.S. monoculture.

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