PUERTO RICAN

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• PUERTO RICAN (noun)
  The noun PUERTO RICAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or resident of Puerto Rico

  Familiarity information: PUERTO RICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• PUERTO RICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Puerto Rico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Puerto Rican" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

 Context examples 

A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A person of Spanish culture or origin, but not Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, regardless of race.

(Other Hispanic or Latino(a), NCI Thesaurus)

A person not of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Not Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus)

A person living in the United States of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin.

(Multiple Hispanic, NCI Thesaurus)

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central American, or South American descent.

(AIDS, Hispanic, NCI Thesaurus)

A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus)