Caboclo

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.

    "Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares."

Example

More examples

"Dawn found him still awake, in one of the two taverns of Cumbe, drinking brandy with sour cherries and having a ballad contest with the caboclo Matias de Tavares."

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caboclo, borrowed from Old Tupi kuriboka.

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