Spaniard
- noun
- /ˈspæn.jərd/
- How an American can speak like a Spaniard and dance like an Argentinean.
- group of Spaniards
- arrival of the Spaniards
- conquered by the Spaniards
She's a she's a Spaniard, I think is.
- She's a she's a Spaniard, I think is.
- But first, put your hands together for the smoothest, sexiest Spaniard in showbiz, it's Antonio Bandera.
- You see the Mayas, the Aztec or the Incas, they can see the Spaniard coming and they have believed that.
- We were on a polite note with the Spaniard.
- OK, so they said by the DNA, it's very highly likely that he was a Sephardic Spaniard.
- So that tree was there before the Spaniards landed in there when the Mayans perhaps were still celebrating things or perhaps right after.
- I believe we've got a a wannabe Spaniard here.
Examples
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I don't like the thought of her with that Spaniard.
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Before we were conquered by the Spaniards, we were poor people.
Academic text (2008) -
My father was a Spaniard.
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This witness saw you having dinner with the Spaniard.
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No, this one goes to the Spaniard.
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Maybe the Crow would not like this Spaniard any better than he did.
Fiction book (1994) -
You mean Aztec treasure buried in the hills, from when the Spaniards came?
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Throughout their travels, the Spaniards depended to a great extent on the Indians for food.
Academic text (1992) -
In contrast to wealthy Americans, wealthy Scandinavians, Germans, or Spaniards often choose such shared housing arrangements.
Academic text (1999) -
My father was a Spaniard who grew up in Madrid.
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Etymology
Spaniard comes from the name of the country Spain, which itself comes from an older name Hispania. You can see the same root in Spanish and Spain, so a Spaniard simply means 'a person from Spain'.