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Definition of “Puerto Rican”

Puerto Rican (ˈpwɜːtəʊ ˈriːkən Pronunciation for Puerto Rican ; ˈpwɛə-) 

Definitions

adjective

  1. of or relating to Puerto Rico or its inhabitants

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico

Example Sentences Including 'Puerto Rican'

"It's the most stupid thing I've ever heard," said Delgado, a Puerto Rican.
Toronto Sun (2003)
And now the smouldering Puerto Rican superstar has been chosen from hundreds to sing the closing song for the World Cup.
India Today (1998)
Elizabeth Canavan's Irish-American lawyer takes pity on the Puerto Rican , only to lose everything.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
I thought it might be Garcia, this Puerto Rican chick I was dickin' that lived in the `hood.
Shell, Ray Iced
More than 16,000 tickets were sold for the game, with many of the buyers coming from the city's large Puerto Rican community.
Toronto Sun (2003)
Not content with movie stardom, the New York-born Puerto Rican launched her singing career last month.
Sun, News of the World (1999)
Perhaps our brains were addled by seeing too many insincere Puerto Rican whores.
Victoria Coren, Charlie Skelton ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: How we tried to make the greatest porn film ever (2002)
She had even planned to run away with Carlos, the twenty-six-year-old Puerto Rican guy her mother had seen her with.
Shell, Ray Iced
She was a Puerto Rican with shoulder-length black hair and a youthful beauty which belied her forty years.
MacNeill, Alastair Code Breaker

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