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wetback

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

wet=back

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun wetback has 1 sense

wetback(n = noun.person) greaser, taco - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent;

is a kind of mexican

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CIDE DICTIONARY

wetback, n.

A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive. [PJC]
An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent, usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

wetback, n. US colloq. an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the US.

Etymology

WET + BACK: from the practice of swimming the Rio Grande to reach the US

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THESAURUS

wetback

Aussie, Boche, Canuck, Chink, DP, Guinea, Hunk, Hunkie, Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead, Mick, Mickey, Paddy, dago, displaced person, emigrant, emigre, evacue, evacuee, exile, expatriate, frog, greaseball, greaser, immigrant, in-migrant, limey, migrant, migrator, migratory worker, out-migrant, stateless person, trekker