单词 | norteamericano |
释义 | norteamericanon.adj. A. n. In Latin American or Spanish contexts: a citizen or inhabitant of North America, esp. the U.S.; a North American. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] long knife1784 Yankeec1784 Yankee Doodle1787 Columbian1789 Brother Jonathan1816 norteamericano1839 United Statesian1845 Joe1947 Yanqui1969 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 514 A satisfactory parley ensued, in which we called ourselves Norte-Americanos, to which the guard replied, Ah, si!—Ingleses—English. 1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 343 The Mexican troops..summoned the whole population of Jalapa to witness the defeat of ‘Los Norte Americanos’. 1910 N. O. Winter Brazil & her People of Today i. 1 ‘Norte-Americano,’ politely suggested a Brazilian to me..and I accepted the correction. ‘We also are Americanos,’ he continued. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 14/1 So long as the imbalance can to some extent be alleviated by dollars brought in by visiting norte-americanos, Peru will remain, for foreigners, an isolated little haven of easy living. 1966 ‘E. McGirr’ Funeral was in Spain 84 ‘The strongarm boy?’ ‘Norte americano. Twenty-four. Around for two years.’ 1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. Resentment toward norteamericanos goes back to the ‘imperialist’ intervention of the mid nineteenth century when Monterrey was occupied by gringos. B. adj. In Latin American or Spanish contexts: of or relating to North America, esp. the U.S.; North American. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] North American1683 transpontine1891 norteamericano1979 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] American1775 Yankee1781 Native American1793 Yankeeish1818 Americanized1840 Yankeefied1846 all-American1909 Yanqui1929 norteamericano1979 1979 Business Week (Industr. ed.) (Nexis) 7 May 51 Spain also has an eye on the norte-americano market and hopes to use its base in Puerto Rico for exporting shoes and other leather goods to the U.S. duty free. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas v. 300 Maria..was satisfied..that her norteamericano husband was a good man. 1990 C. Holland Bear Flag (1992) xxi. 159 Norteamericano woman. Only, you know, not nice. 1998 Esquire Mar. 104/2 All around me were other norteamericano surfers, most of them East Coasters, living among the local people's cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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