Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Spanish America.
- noun A US citizen or resident of Hispanic ancestry.
- adjective Of or relating to Spanish America or its peoples or cultures.
- adjective Of or relating to Spain and America, especially the United States.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the vernacular.
- noun An American of Spanish blood; a citizen of a Spanish-American state.
- Of or pertaining to the parts of America settled or controlled by Spaniards or their descendants, and where Spanish, more or less modified, is the vernacular.
- noun An American of Spanish blood; a citizen of a Spanish-American state.
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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In the West Indies and South America, Spain held mainly what are still known as Spanish American countries, besides Cuba, Porto Rico, and part of Hayti; France had Guadeloupe, Martinique, and the western half of Hayti; England, Jamaica, Barbadoes, and some of the smaller islands.
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Cohen and the two Spanish American agents were about to open the safe when they heard police sirens outside waking up the neighborhood.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Simon Bolivar 200 years ago hinted about some Spanish American alliance.
Patrick Takahashi: The United Countries Of The Americas? Patrick Takahashi 2011
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Cohen and the two Spanish American agents were about to open the safe when they heard police sirens outside waking up the neighborhood.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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True, the war in Iraq got me thinking about war fever, but the book was about the Spanish American war, not the Iraq War.
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In the 70s, the late Walter Karp wrote about the relationship between domestic politics and aggressive foreign policy in the era of the Spanish American war and World War One and it may surprise many readers who view the era as a sleepy one.
Do you remember, your President Wilson? Tripp 2009
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Salmon's academic focus was on Spanish American literature and culture, with a concentration in poetry.
Archive 2009-06-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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I suppose you would have to go back to the slavery debates between Calhoun and Clay or, perhaps, the debate over the Spanish American war?
Goode: Without Surge, U.S. Money May Soon Say "In Muhammad We Trust" 2009
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Salmon's academic focus was on Spanish American literature and culture, with a concentration in poetry.
Poetic Obituaries: Spanish and Portuguese Department Rus Bowden 2009
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At the same time I played quite a few games of Spanish American war of 1889 using a variant of the same rules.
A Little ACW Interlude Der Alte Fritz 2008
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