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bracero
 
SYLLABICATION:bra·ce·ro
PRONUNCIATION:  br-sâr
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. bra·ce·ros
A Mexican laborer permitted to enter the United States and work for a limited period of time, especially in agriculture.
ETYMOLOGY:Spanish, laborer, from brazo, arm, from Latin brcchium, from Greek brakhn, upper arm. See mregh-u- in Appendix I.
 
 
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