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  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent

Definition

  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Other Words
  • Chicana adjective
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano
chick​pea
noun
chick·​pea
ˈchik-ˌpē

Definition

  • an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seeds
    also its seed
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
alteration of chich pea, from Middle English chiche, from Anglo-French, from Latin cicer
chief ​petty ​officer
noun
  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent

Definition

  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Other Words
  • Chicana adjective
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano
chick​pea
noun
chick·​pea
ˈchik-ˌpē

Definition

  • an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seeds
    also its seed
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
alteration of chich pea, from Middle English chiche, from Anglo-French, from Latin cicer
chief ​petty ​officer
noun
  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent

Definition

  • an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Other Words
  • Chicana adjective
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano
chick​pea
noun
chick·​pea
ˈchik-ˌpē

Definition

  • an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seeds
    also its seed
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
alteration of chich pea, from Middle English chiche, from Anglo-French, from Latin cicer
chief ​petty ​officer
noun