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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Filipino

· IPA /fɪlɪˈpinoʊ/
01 adj. of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
  1. 1.
    of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
  2. 2.
    of or relating to the language of the Philippines.
Syn. Philippine. — Syn. -- Tagalog.
02 n. A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.
pl. Filipinos ((#))
  1. 1.
    A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.
    “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.
  2. 2.
    the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.
Syn. Philippine.