mayate n.
(US) a black person; also as adj.
![]() | in Current Sl. IV:3–4 (1970). | |
![]() | Underground Dict. (1972). | |
![]() | Lang. of Ethnic Conflict 49: Other Cultural Allusions: mayate [or mayata. From Chicano Spanish mayate, a U. S. black person]. | |
![]() | Prison Sl. 55: Mayate A black person. | |
![]() | Pound for Pound 129: They hated the mayate black shitbug. | |
![]() | Border [ebook] If you were a ‘baby,’ a bitch [...] carnals or camaradas weren’t allowed to use your services. That was for peckerwoods or mayates, not for proud, macho Mexican men of la raza. |