Rican
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8.7
- proper noun
- /ˈriːkən/
- Informal
:
boricua (informal)
- - I'm Puerto Rican all the way through.
- Puerto Rican
- Puerto Rican and Cuban
- Puerto Rican and Mexican
Mexican, Puerto Rican, African, we all come from the can can family.
- Mexican, Puerto Rican, African, we all come from the can can family.
- All my friends, Latinos, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Jews, Catholics, Christians, whites, melting pot.
- Love the fact that you're a fellow Puerto Rican like myself, just living down here on the Enchanted Islands, loving the sun, all, all the beaches, all the good things and enjoying life.
- Felly fell Vinny the freaking Rican and nasty ass Noor.
- It's anything stealing documents, Bludgeoning Puerto Ricans with paper towels.
- The New York City in which they grew up had been ruined, they insisted, by the Puerto Ricans.
- So and the Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, all of us, we, we are all the minorities.
Examples
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Love the fact that you're a fellow Puerto Rican like myself, just living down here on the Enchanted Islands, loving the sun, all, all the beaches, all the good things and enjoying life.
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I had a Puerto Rican do my whole apartment in two days.
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Your dad was Puerto Rican.
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I hear that new Spider-Man is Puerto Rican.
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So a very good friend of mine is a Puerto Rican immigrant who was adopted by Jewish American parents.
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You're Puerto Rican, right?
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My girlfriend's Puerto Rican.
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Sergeant Amenguale was a Puerto Rican who lamented racism and championed the downtrodden.
Academic text (1996) -
My friend is a proud Rican who loves to share stories about Puerto Rico's culture.
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Growing up in a Rican household, I learned to appreciate our traditions and food.
Synonyms
83
2.1
A person from Puerto Rico or with family from Puerto Rico
Compounds
- Offensive
A relaxed view of time in Puerto Rico where events often start later than planned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rican is an informal name that comes from the full label Puerto Rican and is used to mean a person from Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent. A helpful way to remember it is that it keeps the Rican part of Puerto Rican, so calling someone a Rican shows their Puerto Rican identity.