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Criollo

noun
1.
A Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish).
2.
Cocoa of superior quality.





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"Criollo" Quotes from Famous Books



... news of Spanish victories over the Chileans were succeeding each other at short intervals. According to contemporaneous historians, the Spaniards formed themselves into groups in the streets, and mocked and insulted every Criollo who had to pass them by. So arrogant was their conduct that no Criollo who valued his self-respect dared to enter a coffee-house in which a group of these Spaniards was assembled. The total news of the defeat of the Spanish General Osorio at Maipu came as a thunderbolt, ...
— South America • W. H. Koebel


Words linked to "Criollo" :   Spain, Kingdom of Spain, Hispanic American, cocoa, Spanish American, Hispanic, Espana


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