Definitions for aztecˈæz tɛk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Az•tecˈæz tɛk(n.)
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking ethnic group that ruled much of central and S Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest in 1521.
Category: Peoples
any Nahuatl-speaking Indian of the Valley of Mexico in the period prior to and immediately following the Spanish conquest.
Category: Peoples
Category: Peoples
Ref: Nahuatl.
(adj.)of or pertaining to the Aztecs or the culture of central Mexico during the period of Aztec dominance.
Category: Peoples
Az′tec•an(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Aztec(noun)
a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
Wiktionary
Aztec(Noun)
A Mexica.
Aztec(Noun)
A Nahua.
Aztec(Noun)
The Nahuatl language.
Aztec(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
Aztec(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
Aztec(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
Origin: From azteca, from aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl "inhabitant of Aztlan".
Webster Dictionary
Aztec(adj)
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
Aztec(noun)
one of the Aztec race or people
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