| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bracero |
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| 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 br cchium, from Greek brakh n, upper arm. See mregh-u- in Appendix I.
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