Aztec
['æztek]
Definition
(noun.) a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
Inputed by Jeanine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
(n.) One of the Aztec race or people.
Editor: Shanna
Definition
adj. relating to or descended from the Aztecs the dominant tribe in Mexico at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- One of them was the Aztec civilization of Mexico; the other, that of Peru. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- GRAUNT--popular poet of ancient times in the Aztec provinces of the United States of British America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He hated Mestrovic, was not satisfied with the Futurists, he liked the West African wooden figures, the Aztec art, Mexican and Central American. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru used the process of fixing two metals together by the action of heat, before making up. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yet it is not more than five hundred years since the great empire of the Aztecs still believed that it could live only by the shedding of blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Victoria