latino

noun

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Latino.
2. (US)A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)

   “Latinos have quickly become the largest ethnic minority in the United States.”

   “Certainly, the activists in this study believe that Latinos face antibrown racism and consider racial justice for Latinos to be an increasingly important part of America's racial justice agenda.”

   “She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.”

   “Authorized by the court to engage in racial profiling, masked federal agents continue to descend upon “Democrat-run” cities, subjecting Latinos and now Somalis to ongoing abuse.”

adj

1. (US, not-comparable)Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.

   “She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.”