Tarascan

American  

[tuh-ras-kuhn, -rahs-] / təˈræs kən, -ˈrɑs- /

Also Purépecha

noun

plural

Tarascans,

plural

Tarascan

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.

2. the language of the Tarascans.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Tarascans or their language.

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

L�zaro C�rdenas, a Tarascan Indian, finally made good some of the revolution's promises of land for the landless.

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

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

Modern transportation along the ancient highway from Tzintzuntzan, the former Tarascan capital.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson