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noun
- (context, ethnic slur) A derogatory epithet.
- "Let's give a welcome to , here.""George Allen <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081400589.html, Senator George Allen; referring to an opposition candidate's supporter of Indian descent who followed Allen everywhere. Washington Post Tuesday, August 15, 2006</ref>
- MACACA n. A racial slur? A kind of monkey? Virginia Senator George Allen, who used it at a campaign rally when he spotted an Indian-American volunteer from his opponent's camp.... <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570839,00.html The Year in Buzzwords 2006, TIME, Sunday, December 17, 2006</ref>
- (archaic) (slang) (italbrac, racial slur) A dismissive epithet used by French-speaking colonials in Central Africa to refer to a native of the Congo or persons of native Congo ethnicity.
Etymology: From French macaque < Portuguese macaco (monkey) < Bantu.
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