from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Filipino
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or
its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our
Filipino cook" [syn: {Filipino}, {Philippine}]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
2: official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws
its lexicon from other Philippine languages [syn:
{Philippine}, {Filipino}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Filipino \Fil`i*pi"no\, n.; pl. {Filipinos}. [Sp.]
A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one
of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [WordNet sense 1]
Then there are Filipinos, -- "children of the country,"
they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded
descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of
them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.
--The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. the official language of the Philippines, based on
Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine
languages. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: Philippine.
[WordNet 1.5]