insular spaniard
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person of Spanish descent who lives in the Philippines.
Example Sentences
- "The first thing the separatists desired was to get rid of the Peninsu[l]ar Spaniard; the next to go would have been the insular Spaniard, then the Spanish mestizo, then the chinee half-caste and the chinee; after which would come the gradual extinction of the various tribes."
- "Within the Spanish society, a great difference evolved between the Insular Spaniards, sent over for different periods of time from Spain, to serve as officials, etc., and the "native" Spaniards, the Creoles."