mexican
/ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
American usage; Countable; Offensive; Slang; Uncountable
noun
A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
Australian usage; Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 ſtately Temples had they erected to their Devils: How did they enrich their miſ-called Gods with Magazins of their treaſure?"
- "Not unlike to this were thoſe morſels of Paſte, which the Mexicans uſed in their Religious Feaſts, which they laid at their Idols Feet, conſecrating them by Singing and other Ceremonies, and then they called them the Fleſh and Bones of their God Vitziliputzli"
- "The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac."
- "Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican."
- "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."
- "When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: mexihcah
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
- British English: /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/
Usage
- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Offensive
- Slang
- Australian usage