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machetero

machetero noun: someone who wields a machete.

Noun

machetero (plural macheteros)

  1. Someone who wields a machete.
    • Castro is talking about plans to increase the use of machines to cut the sugar cane in future harvests. A combine can cut thirty times as much cane as a machetero can. But they should not be afraid of losing their jobs.2003, Lee Lockwood, Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel, page 13
  2. A member of the Boricua Popular Army.

Forms of machetero

pluralmacheteros

Origin of machetero

Borrowed from Spanish machetero.

Questions about machetero

What does machetero mean?
Machetero means someone who wields a machete.
What part of speech is machetero?
Machetero is a noun.
What is the plural of machetero?
The plural of machetero is macheteros.

Words near machetero in the dictionary

  1. macheted
  2. macheteing
  3. machetelike
  4. macheteman
  5. machetemen
  6. machetero
  7. macheteros
  8. machetes
  9. macheting
  10. machhan
  11. machhans

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