单词 | paulista |
释义 | Paulistan. (a) A person of mixed Portuguese and Brazilian Indian descent, esp. one who was among the explorers or settlers of the hinterlands of southern Brazil. Chiefly historical. (b) A native or inhabitant of the city or province of São Paulo in southern Brazil. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person white and Amerindian mestizo1598 topass1680 half-breed1760 Paulist1772 bois brûlé1805 mameluco1809 metis1816 Paulista1817 mestino1842 ladino1877 redbone1890 mestizaje1943 cholo1959 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Brazil > towns or cities Paulista1817 carioca1830 1817 R. Southey Hist. Brazil II. xxiii. 300 The Paulistas have acted so memorable a part in Brazil and Paraguay that it becomes of importance to trace their history distinctly. 1884 R. G. Watson Spanish & Portuguese S. Amer. II. xi. 169 The search for the precious metals had long shared with slave-hunting the efforts of the Paulistas and others. 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. vii. 152 In Brazil the famous ‘Paulistas’ (so called from the province of São Paulo), a cross between the first Portuguese immigrants and the aborigines, have always been the most vigorous and enterprising section of the community. 1932 W. S. Robertson Hist. Lat.-Amer. Nations (ed. 2) vi. 123 ‘Paulistas’, as the half-breed adventurers from São Paulo were called, gradually penetrated farther and farther into the interior. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. 63 The Paulista—and this name, in its historic signification, takes in the sons of Rio de Janeiro, Minas, São Paulo, and regions south—now arose as an autonomous type, adventurous, rebellious, freedom-loving. 1966 Economist 3 Sept. 902 Pleasure-loving cariocas (those who live in Rio), economically eager paulistas (those who live in São Paulo). 1984 J. Malcolm Back Room in Somes Town ix. 79 I'm a Paulista. You've been mixing with Bahianas, I think. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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