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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Portuguese and Indian half-breed, especially one from the state of São Paulo, Brazil. During the seventeenth century they ranged as freebooters through central Brazil, and by their extensive raids assisted in the spread of the Portuguese dominion.

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