Spaniard

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Spaniard

/ˈspæn.jəd/ UK
/ˈspæn.jɚd/ Canada, US

Where it comes from

From Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne. Equivalent to Spain + -ard.

noun Spaniards · Spaynard · Spanyard

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent. Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.
A member of the predominant ethnic group of Spain.
Similar: Castilian

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spanish, french, spain, english, española, espagnol, español, hispano, hispanic, spanisher, hispanian, insular spaniard, panamanian, colombian, castilian, mexican

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noun somebody from Spain

Español	español, española, españolete, españoleta, teul
한국어	스페인인 seupeinin, 스페인 사람 seupein saram
日本語	スペイン人 supeinjin
中文	西班牙人 Xībānyárén
Kiswahili	Mhispania
Português	espanhol, espanhola
Français	Espagnol, Espagnole
Deutsch	Spanier, Spanierin
Italiano	spagnolo, spagnola
Ελληνικά	Ισπανός Ispanós, Ισπανίδα Ispanída
Română	spaniol, spaniolă
Русский	испа́нец ispánec, испа́нка ispánka
Tiếng Việt	người Tây Ban Nha
العربية	إِسْبَانِيّ ʔisbāniyy, إِسْبَانِيَّة ʔisbāniyya
עברית	סְפָרַדִּי s'faradí, ספרדיה s'faradiia

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@misc{spaniard_2026,
  title = {Spaniard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spaniard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}