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Mexican-American

Mexican-American adjective: of or pertaining to a someone or something of Mexican descent in the United States. Also the alternative form of Mexican American.

Adjective

Mexican-American (comparative more Mexican-American, superlative most Mexican-American)

  1. Of or pertaining to a someone or something of Mexican descent in the United States.
    Synonyms:
    Chicano

Also used as

Mexican-American is also the alternative form of Mexican American.

Synonyms of Mexican-American

Forms of Mexican-American

Adjective
comparativemore Mexican-American
superlativemost Mexican-American
Noun
pluralMexican-Americans

Phrases with Mexican-American

Questions about Mexican-American

What does Mexican-American mean?
Mexican-American means of or pertaining to a someone or something of Mexican descent in the United States.
What part of speech is Mexican-American?
Mexican-American is an adjective.

Words near Mexican-American in the dictionary

  1. Mexican wrestling
  2. Mexican yam
  3. Mexican yam bean
  4. Mexican't
  5. Mexican'ts
  6. Mexican-American
  7. Mexican-American War
  8. Mexican-Americans
  9. Mexican@
  10. Mexican@s
  11. Mexicana

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