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HISPANIC |
Spanish American |
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RANCHO |
Spanish American cattle farm |
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CARIBBEAN |
Pirates of the spanish, american coasts |
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CHICA |
A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said
to be the original of the fandango, etc. |
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GAUCHO |
One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of
Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. |
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MARAVEDI |
A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils
American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish
gold coin. |
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APAREJO |
A kind of pack saddle used in the American military
service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed
with hay, moss, or the like. |
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PEON |
A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish
American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified
servitude, to work out a debt. |
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HACIENDA |
A large estate where work of any kind is done, as
agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated
farm, with a good hou... |
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CREOLE |
One born of European parents in the American colonies of
France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a
person of Frenc... |
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FILIBUSTER |
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest
of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting
the Spanish Amer... |
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PIASTER |
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See
Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of
about the value of... |