MEXICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican mean? 

• MEXICAN (noun)
  The noun MEXICAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Mexico

  Familiarity information: MEXICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• MEXICAN (adjective)
  The adjective MEXICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: MEXICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEXICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mexican" is a kind of...):

Central American (a native or inhabitant of Central America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mexican"):

Taracahitian (a member of a group of peoples of Mexico)

Chicano (a person of Mexican descent)

greaser; taco; wetback ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent)

Mexican-American; Mexicano (a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States)

Holonyms ("Mexican" is a member of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

• MEXICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Mexican food is hot

Pertainym:

Mexico (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

Derivation:

Mexico (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

 Context examples 

Scientists have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium in a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a "plant probiotic."

(Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest, National Science Foundation)

A named municipality within a Mexican state.

(Mexican City, NCI Thesaurus)

A person of Mexican or Mexican American culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Mexican or Mexican American, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the 31 states that comprise the United Mexican States.

(Mexican State, NCI Thesaurus)

It’s a bit like a stadium or “Mexican” wave of sports fans standing up after the people next to them to create a wave-like motion through the crowd.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

Also called garden valerian, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Garden heliotrope, NCI Dictionary)

"A Mexican with a knife, miss," he answered, moistening his parched lips and clearing his throat.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A person living in the United States of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin.

(Multiple Hispanic, NCI Thesaurus)

They include: • African Americans over age 40 • People over age 60, especially Mexican Americans • People with a family history of glaucoma

(Glaucoma, NIH: National Eye Institute)

A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)