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Filamerican en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Filipino + American.

Meanings

1. A Filipino who supports the United States military.
   • The Americans on Del Monte helped the Filamericans get the quinine cargo to the Cotabato coast. From there, they were able to make it to the American base in Cotabato, where they found it completely transformed. 2022, Summary of John R. Bruning's Indestructible:
   • Although we had again been forced to withdraw, and finally abandon the first line of defense, the Filamericans had inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy. 1984, Paul Ashton, Bataan Diary, page 109:

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