name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
bracero
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/bɹəˈsɪəɹəʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: B R AA0 CH EH1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhus Proto-Hellenic *brəkhús Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder. Proto-Indo-European *-isō Proto-Hellenic *-ihō Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn) Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn)bor. Latin bracchium Old Spanish braço Spanish brazo Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Spanish -ero Spanish bracerobor. English bracero Borrowed from Spanish bracero (“laborer”).