chicano
IPA: tʃɪkˈɑnoʊ
Root Word: Chicano
noun
- (chiefly US) A Chicano person.
adjective
- (chiefly US) Of a person: American but of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.
- (of a person) Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World.
- Of or pertaining to Chicano people.
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Examples of "chicano" in Sentences
- Then it was just shorten to chicano.
- I don't belong to the Chicano Movement.
- Chicano punk is a branch of Chicano rock.
- The Chicano movement blossomed in the 1960s.
- They are also known to feud with Chicano gangs.
- The Chicano Movement and the Chicano Moratorium.
- Might or might not be directed by a Chicano director.
- There are many theories as to the origin of the word Chicano.
- The pinto experience is a subculture of the Chicano experience.
- But Chicano identity also informed by the process of hybridization.
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