filipino

Fil`i*pi"no, n.; pl. Filipinos (#). [Sp.] Defn: 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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