n.; pl. Filipinos /plu>. [ Sp. ] A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [ wns=1 ] Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country, ” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- Philippine. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | 
