Mexican

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA Mexica; an Aztec.

   Not unlike to this were thoſe morſels of Paſte, which the Mexicans uſed in their Religious Feaſts, which they laid at their Idols Feet, conſecrating them by Singing and other Ceremonies, and then they called them the Fleſh and Bones of their God Vitziliputzli

   The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac.

2. 2

   obsoleteThe Nahuatl language.

   Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican.

3. 3

   A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.

   The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.

   When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.

4. 4

   The Mexican dialect of Spanish.

   "You see, I never learned to speak Spanish, but speak Mexican fluently," he says disarmingly.

   You really scare me when you speak Mexican.

   I didn't speak much Mexican, but I savvied a lot more than I could speak and picked the word banditos out of their conversation.

   DON COLLIER: Hey, you want to talk Mexican, join another tank, a Mexican tank.

5. 5

   slangA person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.

   Fox News issued an apology on Sunday for an on-screen graphic that mistakenly indicated President Donald Trump was reducing aid to "three Mexican countries."

   What kind of Mexican are you?

6. 6

   slangA Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).

7. 7

   slangA person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.

8. 8

   Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.

   I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?

adjective

1. 1

   obsoleteOf or pertaining to the Mexica people.

2. 2

   obsoleteOf or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

   The principal grain of Mexico, before the introduction of thoſe from Europe, was maize, in the Mexican language called tluolli, of which there were ſeveral kinds, different in ſize, weight, colour, and taſte.

   1810, review of "Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain", in The Eclectic Review The language most universally diffused over the new continent, is the Aztec or Mexican.

3. 3

   Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.

   In the first year of her administration, ACLED data shows, Sheinbaum’s efforts to contain violence have generally coincided with a drop in attacks against civilians; since January, civilian killings have declined in nearly every Mexican state.

Forms

plural

Mexicans

comparative

more Mexican

superlative

most Mexican