spanish descent
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The word is also applied to an itinerant minstrel of the Argentine pampas, who goes from village to village with horse and guitar.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “spanish descent” mean?
The word is also applied to an itinerant minstrel of the Argentine pampas, who goes from village to village with horse and guitar.
Is “spanish descent” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.