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caboclo

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caboclo /kəˈbəʊkləʊ /
noun
(plural caboclos)
(in Brazil) an Indigenous person.
a Brazilian of mixed white and Indigenous or black and Indigenous ancestry.
– ORIGIN Brazilian Portuguese, perhaps from Tupi Kaa-boc person having copper-coloured skin.