Mexican American

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Mexican American

noun Mexican Americans

An American of Mexican descent.
Similar: Mexamerican, Chicano
US, nonstandard, proscribed Any person of Latin American descent in the United States. Near-synonyms: (offensive) wetback, (offensive) beaner, (offensive) illegal
Similar: wetback, beaner, illegal

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@misc{mexican_american_2026,
  title = {Mexican American},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mexican%20american},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}