Wetback

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  wetback \wet"back\ n.
     1. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by
        wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and
        offensive.
        [PJC]
  


     2. Hence: An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent,
        usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur.
        [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: greaser, taco.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wetback
       n : offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent [syn: {greaser},
            {taco}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "wetback":
     Aussie, Boche, Canuck, Chink, DP, Guinea, Hunk, Hunkie, Jerry,
     Kraut, Krauthead, Mick, Mickey, Paddy, dago, displaced person,
     emigrant, emigre, evacue, evacuee, exile, expatriate, frog,
     greaseball, greaser, immigrant, in-migrant, limey, migrant,
     migrator, migratory worker, out-migrant, stateless person,
     trekker