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(chiefly in plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.

A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.

(Rwanda) A Tutsi.
"During the Rwandan genocide, some Hutu extremists referred to their Tutsi neighbors as "cockroaches," dehumanizing them and justifying the violence. "

(antiquity) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.

The green-colored shirt worn by the leader of a subsidiary competition in a race. In the Tour de France it is worn by the leader of the points competition.

Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
"Historical records sometimes identified individuals as "octoroons" if they were known to have one great-grandparent of African descent. "












