Tarascan

American  

[tuh-ras-kuhn, -rahs-] / təˈræs kən, -ˈrɑs- /

Also Purépecha

noun

plural

Tarascans,

plural

Tarascan

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.

2. the language of the Tarascans.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Tarascans or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Tarascan

First recorded in 1910–15; from Spanish Tarasco, from Tarascan tarascue “father-in-law; son-in-law” + -an ( def. )

Example Sentences

Lazardo Cardenas, 39, is a Tarascan Indian from the southwest State of Michoacan.

From Time Magazine Archive

A full-blooded Tarascan Indian who once wore a red bead in his ear for good luck, General Amaro as War Minister for former President Plutarco Calles created Mexico's modern army.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diego Rivera sketched during all-night vigils in the Tarascan graves near Tzintzuntzan.

From Time Magazine Archive

M�rida maintains that many of the wiggly goblins and squat blobs which appear in paintings like Time Has Stratified Eternity are derived from ancient Mayan and Tarascan art forms.

From Time Magazine Archive

All were pure in blood and spoke Tarascan.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick