'wetback' definitions:
Definition of 'wetback'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'wetback'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'wetback'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aussie,
- Boche,
- Canuck,
- Chink,
- dago,
- displaced person,
- DP,
- emigrant,
- emigre,
- evacue,
- evacuee,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- frog,
- greaseball,
- greaser,
- Guinea,
- Hunk,
- Hunkie,
- immigrant,
- in-migrant,
- Jerry,
- Kraut,
- Krauthead,
- limey,
- Mick,
- Mickey,
- migrant,
- migrator,
- migratory worker,
- out-migrant,
- Paddy,
- stateless person,
- trekker