caboclo

noun

ca·​bo·​clo

kəˈbȯ(ˌ)klü,

-ˈō-

plural -s

1

a

: an acculturated Brazilian Indian

b

: a Brazilian of mixed American Indian and European ancestry compare mameluco

2

: a rural South American of mixed American Indian and European ancestry

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, from Tupi caboco, caboculo, caboclo

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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