a member of an indigenous Central American people who dominated the valley of Mexico from their capital Tula from about 950 to 1160 ad, when the valley was overrun by the Aztecs
adjective also: Toltecan
2.
of or relating to this people
Word origin
C19: from Spanish tolteca, from a local word in Central America
Toltec in American English
(ˈtɑlˌtɛk; ˈtoʊlˌtɛk)
noun
1.
a member of an ancient Amerindian people that lived in Mexico before the Aztecs
adjective
2.
of the Toltecs or their culture
: also ˈTolˌtecan
Word origin
MexSp Tolteca < Nahuatl to∶lte∶kaλ, lit., person from to∶lla∶n, Tula (ancient Toltec city) < to∶lin, cattail
Examples of 'Toltec' in a sentence
Toltec
Getting hold of herself Rebecca bends and looks at a Toltec pot with the inscribed glyphs for extruded human hearts.
Sean Thomas THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2002)
He was standing beside an exhibit of Toltec masks, watching the crowd, which was watching television crews at another exhibit.
Hillerman, Tony TALKING GOD (1991)
Word lists with
Toltec
Central and South American Indian peoples, Native American tribes