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☆ gringo (griŋ′gō)

noun pl. gringos -·gos

in Latin America, a foreigner, esp. an American or Englishman: hostile and contemptuous term

Etymology: MexSp < Sp, gibberish, altered < Griego, Greek < L Graecus, Greek

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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