Spaniard
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- noun
- /ˈspæn.jərd/
:
español
- 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.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
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'.