1.
[syn: greaser, wetback, taco]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
wetback \wet"back\ n.
1. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by
wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and
offensive.
[PJC]
2. Hence: An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent,
usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: greaser, taco.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wetback
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican
descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "wetback":
Aussie, Boche, Canuck, Chink, DP, Guinea, Hunk, Hunkie, Jerry,
Kraut, Krauthead, Mick, Mickey, Paddy, dago, displaced person,
emigrant, emigre, evacue, evacuee, exile, expatriate, frog,
greaseball, greaser, immigrant, in-migrant, limey, migrant,
migrator, migratory worker, out-migrant, stateless person,
trekker