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criollo

uncommon

noun

1.

a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)

  • “Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes”
2.

Origin

From Spanish criollo, originally from Portuguese crioulo. Doublet of Creole, Crioulo, and Krio.

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