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beaner

noun
/ˈbinɚ/US

Etymology

From bean + -er. Literally a person who eats beans, since beans are a staple of Mexican cuisine.

  1. derived from *bʰabʰ-✻ — “bean”
  2. inherited from *baunō✻ — “bean”
  3. inherited from *baunu✻
  4. inherited from bēan
  5. inherited from bene
  6. suffixed as beaner — “bean + er”

Definitions

  1. A Mexican.

    • You're gonna work out good, Dave. I was afraid they were gonna hire another nigger or a beaner.
    • Hey bro I'm a beaner, we ain't good at math. Jeez, dawn 'ju watch TV?
    • I'm a beaner, and I'm telling you white people, that's a bullshit number right off the bat!

  2. Any Hispanic or Latino person.

  3. A casual term of address, especially used by Mexican Americans.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.

    2. Head.

      • Any ideas on how I could solve this problem? This seems to be beyond what my beaner can solve right now....I hope all this work wasn't for nothing!
      • I know what picture yer referring to, but I didn't have a problem with that because the fundamentals of reactance have been in my beaner since I was a teen.

    3. A superior or admirable person

      A superior or admirable person; something excellent.

      • Gee, that would be a beaner of a sign for education
      • Pride, indeed, Esther thought — that was a beaner! There was more purse than pride in Mayme's repentant heart

    4. A surname

    5. A nickname, diminutive of McBean.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA