latino

adjective

1. of or relating to people of Latin-American descent: Latino business owners;Latino audiences;the Latino community;Latino immigrants.

noun, plural La·ti·nos.

2. a person of Latin-American descent: a growing population of Latinos in the United States.

noun plural -nos

1. US an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin

“male Latin inhabitant of the United States” (fem. Latina), 1946, American English, from American Spanish, shortening of Latinoamericano “Latin-American” (see Latin America). As an adjective, attested from 1974.