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单词 mameluco
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Definition of mameluco in English:

mameluco

noun mamɪˈl(j)uːkəʊ
  • A person who has one Brazilian Indian and one white parent.

Origin

Mid 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:

mameluco

nounmamɪˈl(j)uːkəʊ
  • A person who has one Brazilian Indian and one white parent.

Origin

Early 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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