About The Word Filipino
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Filipino
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What's The Definition Of Filipino?
[n] official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
[n] a native or inhabitant of the Philippines [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook" Synonyms | Synonyms for Filipino: Philippine | Philippine Related Terms | Find terms related to Filipino: See Also | Bisayan | Cebuan | Cebuano | indigen | indigene | native | Philippines | Republic of the Philippines | Tagalog | Tagalog | Visayan | Western Malayo-Polynesian Filipino In Webster's Dictionary \Fil`i*pi"no\, n.; pl. {Filipinos}. [Sp.]
A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish
descent or of mixed blood.
Then there are Filipinos, -- ``children of the
country,'' they are called, -- who are supposed to be
pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there
are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native
blood. --The Century.
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