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BRACERO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bracero mean?
• BRACERO (noun)
The noun BRACERO has 1 sense:
1. a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
Familiarity information: BRACERO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bracero" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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