Definition of "gringo" []

• Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person. (noun)

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• "BLANC “White,” but more precisely “foreigner,” and like the term gringo in parts of Latin America, not necessarily pejorative."
• "The word gringo is often said to have originated with invading American soldiers who sang the lyrics from “Green Grow the Rushes, O” in marching cadence, which the Mexicans are supposed to have adapted phonetically."
• "Lets be serious here, as a person who's studied in Puerto Rico I can tell you that the only thing Puerto Rican's despise more than a gringo is a black person."