Tarascan
Americannoun
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a member of an Indigenous people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
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the language of the Tarascans.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Tarascan
First recorded in 1910–15; from Spanish Tarasco, from Tarascan tarascue “father-in-law; son-in-law” + -an ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Ironically, the would-be adoptive father of Baby K. is one-quarter Indian, of the Tarascan tribe of Mexico.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carrillo Flores, a full-blooded Tarascan Indian whose father was the 19th child of illiterate parents, made $100,000 a year as a lawyer-and economist, took something like a $75,000 cut to come to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
A full-blooded Tarascan Indian who once wore a red bead in his ear for good luck, General Amaro as War Minister for former President Plutarco Calles created Mexico's modern army.
From Time Magazine Archive
M�rida maintains that many of the wiggly goblins and squat blobs which appear in paintings like Time Has Stratified Eternity are derived from ancient Mayan and Tarascan art forms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taranchi, the, 311 Tarascan language, the, 345 Tarascos, the, 395 Tardenoisian industry, the, 13 "Tartars," the, 292 n.,
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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