单词 | mameluco |
释义 | Definition of mameluco in English:mameluconoun mamɪˈl(j)uːkəʊ
OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), naturalist. From Brazilian Portuguese mameluco, mamaluco person with one white parent and one American Indian parent, person with one white parent and one parent of mixed race, sense development of mameluco. Cognates in other Romance languages refer to persons regarded as servile or degraded: compare Spanish mameluco and Italian mammalucco simpleton, Argentine Spanish, Chilean Spanish, and Uruguayan Spanish mameluca whore. Definition of mameluco in US English:mameluconounmamɪˈl(j)uːkəʊ
OriginEarly 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Southey (1774–1843), poet and reviewer. From Brazilian Portuguese mameluco, mamaluco person with one white parent and one American Indian parent, person with one white parent and one parent of mixed race, sense development of mameluco. Cognates in other Romance languages refer to persons regarded as servile or degraded: compare Spanish mameluco and Italian mammalucco simpleton, Argentine Spanish, Chilean Spanish, and Uruguayan Spanish mameluca whore. |
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