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noun

Filipino n. (pl. filipinos)

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 official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.

Synonyms: Philippine.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Filipino" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mateo, my Filipino servant, was helping me sort over specimens one day under the thatched roof of a shed which I had hired to use for such work while I was on the island of Culion, when I was startled to see him suddenly drop the bird skin he had been working on, and fall upon his knees, bending his body forward, ...

— Anting-Anting Stories - And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos • Sargent Kayme

... of honor, influence and responsibility. But they have discovered, as our people must also discover in the Philippines, that a civil service examination does not disclose all the qualities needed by rulers of men. The Hindu is very similar in character, disposition and talent to the Filipino; he has quick perceptions, is keen-witted, cunning and apt at imitations. He learns with remarkable ease and adapts himself to new conditions with great facility, but no amount of those qualities can make up for the manly courage, the ...

— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis

... indicate what they do," spoke Mr. Swift grimly. "They cut off the head of their enemies, like that interesting Filipino tribe. But perhaps they may not get after you. ...

— Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground • Victor Appleton

... this way, often approaching to within a few yards, and if there is any more exciting diversion I don't know what it is. I've looped the loop and there is no comparison. It is more like being ambushed by Filipino insurgents—that is, it's the same kind ...

— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon

... the mingling of the many alien people. Wily Chinamen behind their bamboo street-stalls ministered to the wants of the throng, taking in trade bits of gold-dust and trinkets of brass; Filipinos offered their wares, cooling drinks and sweets. The Filipino's costume is very different from that of the Moro. He wears stiff, white trousers, carefully creased and immaculate shirts which hang outside the trousers. He wears no shoes, and his short black hair is oiled ...

— The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy - A Book for Young and Old • Florence Partello Stuart

... to hurl the Don from his stronghold in the Greater Antilles; and then, hiking across half the world, he marched as a corporal-usher up and down the blazing tropic aisles of the open-air college in which the Filipino was schooled. Now, with his bayonet beaten into a cheese-slicer, he rallies his corporal's guard of cronies in the shade of his well-whittled porch, instead of in the matted jungles of Mindanao. Always ...

— Options • O. Henry

Words linked to "Filipino" : Tagalog, Bisayan, Moro, Cebuan, Visayan, Cebuano, native, Philippine, indigen, aboriginal