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  • noun Plural form of Hispano.

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Examples

  • There is an organization called Hispanos Unidos that is working to make sure that the American principle of “one person, one vote” is adhered to.

    Errors of Enchantment » Hispanos Unidos: Tackling Voter Fraud/Out of Control Government 2009

  • The Romans called the Spaniards "Hispanos" which means people of Hispania Spain.

    LA 32 Jumps Into Semillas Issue 2006

  • They gather and accept a generic name: Latinos, Hispanos.

    Gabriel Lerner: Latinos: Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Gabriel Lerner 2011

  • Some scholars also posit that Matanzas were Hispanic rituals dating back centuries, with the pig the center of the feast: since the Moorish rulers of the Hispanos' ancestors and the Jews they always despised couldn't eat pig, the feast was a great way for Spaniards and their descendents smoke out any marranos or moriscos out of the pueblo's ranks and into the bonfire.

    Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Matanzas Gustavo Arellano 2011

  • As immigrants, after we arrive, we are forged into one unified concept; we suddenly understand each other and we all become "Latinos" or "Hispanos".

    Gabriel Lerner: Latinos: Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Gabriel Lerner 2011

  • They gather and accept a generic name: Latinos, Hispanos.

    Gabriel Lerner: Latinos: Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Gabriel Lerner 2011

  • And the same controversy happens whenever someone commemorates Juan de Oñate, the conquistador who swung his sword through New Mexico, much to the delight of the Hispanos who claim no Injun blood in their veins and to the horror of everyone else.

    Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Special Conquistador Edition Gustavo Arellano 2011

  • The type of cancer that felled Shonnie and the other Medina women is thus tightly linked with Jewish ancestry—surprising, because the Medinas, like their neighbors, are Hispanos, descendants of Spanish colonists in the areas that the U.S. seized from Mexico.

    The Genetic Outlier Charles C. Mann 2012

  • And the same controversy happens whenever someone commemorates Juan de Oñate, the conquistador who swung his sword through New Mexico, much to the delight of the Hispanos who claim no Injun blood in their veins and to the horror of everyone else.

    Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Special Conquistador Edition Gustavo Arellano 2011

  • Mr. Wheelwright concentrates on the finding that Hispanos like the Medinas have not only BRCA1.185delAG—"Jewish" DNA—but some possibly Jewish customs, such as lighting candles on the Sabbath, suggesting that they may be descended from Jews who pretended to convert to Christianity to escape the Inquisition but who continued to practice their faith in secret.

    The Genetic Outlier Charles C. Mann 2012

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