[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hispanic" (Noun) and Comment on "Hispanic" Entry

[Shapiro, Fred]

Hispanic, n. (OED 1972)

1941 Modern Language Journal 25: 578 (JSTOR)

(heading)  English for Hispanics.

NOTE:  For a decade and a half I have been pointing out that the OED has no citations for "Hispanic" as an adjective meaning "Pertaining to Spain or its people."

Fred Shapiro




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