Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A US citizen or resident of Hispanic ancestry.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Spanish America.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American whose first language is Spanish
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Examples
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That is of little or no value to Hispanic American teens who, like my own children, speak English not Spanish, and are more apt to watch the NFL than a soccer match.
Rick Sanchez: Let's Wake and Smell the "Café" Rick Sanchez 2011
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That is of little or no value to Hispanic American teens who, like my own children, speak English not Spanish, and are more apt to watch the NFL than a soccer match.
Rick Sanchez: Let's Wake and Smell the "Café" Rick Sanchez 2011
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In a statement, Lugar's spokesman, Mark Helmke, blamed the move on President Obama's immigration speech, even though it had as much impact on the DREAM Act's provisions as a non-binding resolution honoring Menudo's contributions to Hispanic American culture.
HUFFPOST HILL - We Hope You Don't Have An Aunt Named 'Judy' Eliot Nelson 2011
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It does uncover and make apparent a fair amount of “white privilege” - i.e., what it would be like if we had units in public school to cover “White history” the same way we spent 2 weeks each on Native American history, Asian American history, and Hispanic American history when I was in jr. high.
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At the same time, the club intensified marketing in the metropolitan region's Hispanic American neighborhoods.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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i.e., what it would be like if we had units in public school to cover “White history”? the same way we spent 2 weeks each on Native American history, Asian American history, and Hispanic American history when I was in jr. high.
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