Chicano Definition

chĭ-känō, shĭ-

chicanos

noun

A Mexican American.

American Heritage

A citizen of, or a person living in, the U.S. who is of Mexican descent.

Webster's New World

(chiefly US) A Chicano person.

Wiktionary

adjective

Of Chicanos.

Webster's New World

(chiefly US, of a person) American but of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.

Wiktionary

(of a person) Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Chicano

Singular:

Chicano

Plural:

chicanos

American Spanish chicano dialectal variant of mexicano Mexican from México Mexico

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Spanish chicano.

From Wiktionary

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