mexican
n. countable A1 Beginner US //ˈmɛksəkən// mex·i·can
n. a person from Mexico or someone who has Mexican citizenship.
n. a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
My new neighbor is a Mexican who moved here last year.
The artist is a proud Mexican who often includes traditional colors and patterns in her modern paintings.
As a Mexican living abroad, he felt a strong responsibility to represent his culture accurately to people who had never visited North America.
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.
Usage
Always capitalized as it is a proper noun derived from a country name.