hispanic

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from or connected with Spanish-speaking countries, especially those in Latin America, or having parents or grandparents from these countries:

He will aim his campaign at Hispanic voters.

The American Roman Catholic Church was not always receptive to Mexican or Hispanic Catholicism.

a person who is from, or whose parents and grandparents are from, a Spanish-speaking country, especially one in Latin America:

Hispanics make up a large proportion of the population of Miami.

He was the only Hispanic in his class.

connected with a person who lives in the US but who originally came from or whose family came from Spanish-speaking Latin America:

The US Hispanic population totaled more than 22 million in 1990.