Mexicans

Noun

Mexican (countable and uncountable, plural Mexicans)

1. (obsolete) A Mexica; an Aztec.
   • Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this reſpect to a deity, even the very ſavage Indians may teach us this point of religion; amongſt whom we find the Mexicans, a people that had never had any intercourſe with the other three parts of the World, Eminent in this kinde; what ſumptuous, and...1660, Joseph Hall, The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, page 260
2. (obsolete) The Nahuatl language.
   • Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican.1856, Arthur Helps, The Spanish Conquest in America, volume 2, page 239
3. A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
   • The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
4. The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
   • "You see, I never learned to speak Spanish, but speak Mexican fluently," he says disarmingly.1970, Stan Steiner, La raza: the Mexican Americans, page 224

   Synonyms:

   Mexica, Aztec, el goblino, la goblina, Nahuatl

5. (US, offensive, slang) A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
   • Fox News issued an apology on Sunday for an on-screen graphic that mistakenly indicated President Donald Trump was reducing aid to "three Mexican countries."2019, Claire Atkinson, “Fox News apologizes for graphic about '3 Mexican countries'”, in NBC News
6. (Australia, New-South-Wales, slang) A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).

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