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Hispanic, a. and n.|hɪˈspænɪk|
[f. L. Hispānic-us Spanish (f. Hispānia): see -ic.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to Spain or its people; esp. pertaining to ancient Spain. So † Hiˈspanical a. (obs.); Hiˈspanically adv., in the Spanish manner; Hispanicism |hɪˈspænɪsɪz(ə)m|, a Spanish idiom or mode of expression; Hiˈspanicize v. trans., to render Spanish; ˈHispanism = Hispanicism.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iii. vii. (1886) 38 marg., Confession compulsorie; as by Hispanicall inquisition. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 19 In this Hispanicall proverbe. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 613 A gentleman so Hispanically cognominated. 1836Macaulay Ess., Temple (1887) 460 A style..superficially deformed, indeed, by Gallicisms and Hispanicisms. 1878H. A. Webster in Encycl. Brit. VI. 155/2 Others [tribes] have been in large measure Hispanicized both in language and in habits. 1889Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 27/2 The Hispanicisms and generally uncultivated character of the style. 1949S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus (ed. 2) 410 When he makes errors in Latin they are Hispanisms. 1964Y. Malkiel in Archivum Linguisticum XVI. 3 Differently developed Hispanisms in Arabic.
2. Spanish-speaking, esp. applied to someone of Latin-American descent living in the United States.
1974Econ. & Social Statistics for Spanish-Speaking Americans (U.S. Congress. House Comm. Post Office & Civil Service) 166 For statistical or policy purposes Hispanic Americans do not presently exist in most agencies of the government. 1980Times 29 Oct. 8 Hispanic children in Los Angeles are taught entirely in Spanish. 1986Washington Post 6 Dec. a21 ‘Hispanic’ means ‘Spanish-speaking’, nothing else.
B. n. A Spanish-speaking person, esp. one of Latin-American descent, living in the U.S. Chiefly in pl.
1972N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Sept. vi. 68/3 The fictional melting pot has become a pousse-café in which every layer is jealous of, or hostile to, every other layer; in a fever of ethnicism, Italians, Jews, Orientals, Blacks, Hispanics and others have withdrawn into themselves. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 7 Aug. 1/2 The 1970 census found more Hispanics in New Jersey than in Arizona, more in Illinois than in New Mexico. Chicago has a quarter of a million Latinos, and Detroit has a barrio comprising almost 20 Spanish-speaking nationalities. 1979Times 4 Dec. 6/7 How do we justify the United States..[saying] to Hispanics who are here legally that they have to wait nine years to bring their children to this country? 1984Miami Herald 6 Apr. 7a/1 Spokesmen for Hispanics are seeking separate hearings on an alternative bill introduced by Rep. Edward Roybal, D-Calif. |