Associations to the word «Chicano»

Wiktionary

CHICANO, adjective. (chiefly US) (of a person) American but of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.
CHICANO, adjective. (of a person) Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World.
CHICANO, adjective. Of or pertaining to Chicano people.
CHICANO, noun. (chiefly US) A Chicano person.
CHICANO STUDIES, noun. (humanities) an interdisciplinary academic discipline concerned with the study of culture relating to Chicano peoples.

Dictionary definition

CHICANO, noun. A person of Mexican descent.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne