pacifico
Americannoun
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a peaceful person.
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a native of Cuba or the Philippine Islands who did not resist the Spanish occupation.
Example Sentences
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O'Reilly desired above all things to be alone at this moment, and so he was annoyed to discover that another person was before him— a woman, evidently some miserable pacifico like himself.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
All graduates on admission were required to take a solemn oath that they would handle the books modo honesto et pacifico, nulli librorum per turpitudinem aut rasuras abolitionesque foliorum, præjudicium inferendo.
From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)
The success of his enterprise—his very life—hinged upon his caution, his powers of dissimulation, his ability to pass as a harmless, helpless pacifico.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
Tunc universi jidelcs Romani...unanimiter altisonâ voce, Dei nutu atque B. Petri clavigeri regni cœlorum, exclamaverunt: Carolo piissimo Au-gusto à Deo coronato, magno, pacifico imperatori, vita et victoria.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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