Mescalero

noun

Mes·​ca·​le·​ro ˌme-skə-ˈler-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce Mescalero (audio)
plural Mescalero or Mescaleros
: a member of an Apache people of Texas and New Mexico

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Heinrich posted on Facebook last month a report that a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe was stopped by an ICE agent, approached in Spanish and asked to show a U.S. passport. — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025 Information about hunts on the reservation — including those for mule deer, whitetails, and black bears — is available from Vernon Scott, Hunt Manager, Mescalero Tribe, Mescalero, NM 88340. — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024

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Etymology

American Spanish, from mezcal, mescal maguey, mescal liquor

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Mescalero was in 1831

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“Mescalero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mescalero. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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