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- noun Plural form of
Ladino .
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Examples
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The "Bozal" negroes are called "Ladinos," and no examination is made by the Governor or any officer of his, into the truth of the statement, but the permit is granted for the removal of the negroes falsely called Ladinos, on the simple application of the buyers, on the payment of the fees, and no oath required of them.
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In the document, the Spanish passport with a translation is given: the word "Ladinos" is incorrectly translated "sound negroes."
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OK so I don't know much about southern Mexico but 'Ladinos' are Jewish people who live in Spain, are you sure you don't mean 'Latinos' with a t?
Kasama 2009
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Poor Pablo, as long as Ladinos scapegoat the US for all of the problems in the region, things will only get worse.
Pray for Honduras 2009
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They are still third-class citizens, after the Chilangos and the Ladinos.
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They are still third-class citizens, after the Chilangos and the Ladinos.
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America, especially among the _Ladinos_ or mixed population.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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In the American tropics the Spaniards have survived for four centuries; but how many of the _Ladinos_ can truthfully claim an unmixed descent?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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Cuba, Bozal, a term given to negroes recently from Africa: that the document then produced before him, dated June 26th, 1839, and signed by Espelata, the Captain General of Cuba, was a permit for the transportation of 49 slaves on board of the Amistad from Havana: that they are called in the permit, Ladinos, a term given to negroes long settled and acclimated in Cuba.
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The libelants and the United States claim they were slaves, because licenses have been produced authorizing the transportation of Ladinos from one port in Cuba to another, a term totally inapplicable to the Amistad captives.
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