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‖ gringo|ˈgrɪŋgəʊ|
[Mexican Sp.]
Among Spanish Americans, a contemptuous name for an Englishman or an Anglo-American. Also attrib.
1849J. W. Audubon Western Jrnl. (1906) 13 June 100 We were hooted and shouted at as we passed through, and called ‘Gringoes’. 1871Republican Rev. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 14 Jan. 2/2 Three Mexicans from Socorro..calling her a gringo bitch, finally threw her on the body of her husband. 1876Congress. Record 30 June 4310/1 Cortina has never failed to rouse the hatred of the Mexican population against the ‘gringos’. 1884Harper's Mag. Oct. 748/2 Gringo, a term of ridicule and obloquy applied to Americans throughout all Mexico. 1892E. Whymper Trav. Andes xii. 227, I..left him..uncertain whether he had seen a vision or entertained a gringo. 1927W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop v. i. 135 Any European, except a Spaniard, was regarded as a gringo. 1933A. Huxley Let. 24 Mar. (1969) 369 Annoying foreigners and especially white Gringoes is a national sport in Honduras. 1962N. Maxwell Witch-Doctor's Apprentice iii. 22 When he revived, he explained that cameras are known to be gringo machines emitting ‘electricity’ which hypnotizes the victim and robs him of his will. 1964Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 1/1 Mobs conducting a ‘gringo hunt’ roamed the streets and looted homes of Americans living in Panama. 1969J. Mander Static Soc. iii. 95 It is unadorned gringo imperialism. |