Mexican American

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

/ ˈmɛk sɪ kən əˈmɛr ɪ kən /

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noun

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

adjective

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

Mexican-American, occurring between the United States and Mexico: The trade agreement lead to an increase in eighteen-wheelers crossing the Mexican-American border.See Grammar note at Spanish American.

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Origin of Mexican American

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby Mexican American

mewl, mews, Mex., Mexicali, Mexican, Mexican American, Mexican bamboo, Mexican bean beetle, Mexican fire-plant, Mexican free-tailed bat, Mexican fruitfly

Example sentences from the Web for Mexican American

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn't need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He was in early life a shipcarpenter, and subsequently American consul at Antwerp.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

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