Fil·i·pi·no n.; pl. Filipinos . A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [wns=1]
Then there are Filipinos, -- =\“children of the country,” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.\= --The Century.
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