Caboclo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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