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Chichimec

Chi·chi·mec [ chchee mèk ] (plural Chi·chi·mecs or Chi·chi·mec)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native Central American people: a member of a group of Native Central American peoples whose ancestors dominated central Mexico from the 11th to the 15th centuries, overthrowing the Toltecs and making way for the Aztecs

2. Native Central American language: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Chichimec peoples. Native speakers: 5,000.

[Mid-17th century. Via Spanish< Nahuatl chichimecatl]
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