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Latin American, a. and n.|ˈlætɪn əˈmɛrɪkən|
Also hyphened.
[f. Latin a. + American a. and n.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Latin America or its peoples.
Until the early 20th cent. Spanish American was the preferred term.
1890B. Harrison in Reciprocity Treaties with Latin America 3 Our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a lerge exchange of products with the Latin American nations. 1892C. R. Markham (title) Latin-American republics. A history of Peru. 1903Westm. Gaz. 22 June 11/1 Mexico..the richest district in the richest of the Latin-American countries. 1947Life 17 Nov. 14/2 The tourist is not yet a creature existing only to be fleeced as he is in some Latin-American countries where tourismo has become big business. 1973‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxi. 145 It's oil sheiks and Latin American generals and Lebanese rentiers who are going to buy your bonds. 1991N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost vi. xxxiv. 1233 For years and years, American policy has supported the Latin American oligarchies.
b. Designating a rhythm or style of music characteristic of Latin America; spec. designating a type of ballroom dancing including dances of Latin American origin or inspiration, such as the rumba, samba, cha-cha, etc.
1937Mod. Lang. Forum XXII. 24 Latin-American music is immediately appealing because its beauties are compatible with our own musical taste. 1948F. Borrows Lat.-Amer. Dancing i. 19 The profession has not been able..to cope with the public demand for instruction in the Latin-American dances. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 30 The wedding of jazz with Latin-American rhythms. 1983N.Y. Times 6 Mar. ii. 1/6 The two men have been friends—tennis pals, fellow devotees of Latin American ballroom dancing—for 40 years.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Latin America; a person of Latin American origin or descent.
1912Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 720/2 An Englishman..soon wishes himself well rid of the..Latin-American. 1960Business Week 3 Dec. 87 ‘Fidelism’, or ‘Fidelismo’, as the Latin Americans call it..is the Castro-style revolution that's followed by a left-wing, Communist-influenced, perhaps Communist-controlled, government. 1973A. Mann Tiara i. 4 In the Philippines, some crazy Latin American got near enough to Paul VI to attack him with a knife. 1992Christian Science Monitor 9 Jan. 4/2 Spain refuses to require visas of Latin Americans visiting Spain, and maintains double-nationality accords with some countries. |