Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Philippine, Philippine

See Also: Bisayan, Cebuan, Cebuano, indigen, indigene, native, Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Tagalog, Tagalog, Visayan, Western Malayo-Polynesian

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