gringo

gringo
/gring"goh/, n., pl. gringos. Usually Disparaging.
(in Latin America or Spain) a foreigner, esp. one of U.S. or British descent.
[1840-50, Amer.; < Sp: foreign language, foreigner, esp. English-speaking (pejorative); prob. alter. of griego GREEK. The belief that word is from the song "Green Grow the Lilacs," popular during U.S.-Mexican War, is without substance]

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