Brazilian

From Brazil +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/, /bɹəˈzɪl.jən/

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil‧ian

Brazilian (plural Brazilians)

1. A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
   • 2017 September 21, Joe Robinson, “10 things Brazil does better than anywhere else”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The world descended on Rio de Janeiro for the XXXI Olympiad in 2016, but Brazilians have been ready anytime to help the world take a load off and experience something missing for a while: fun.

2. (informal) Ellipsis of Brazilian wax (“style of pubic hair removal”).
   • 2009, Molly Aldrich, How to Get the Perfect Brazilian Wax […] , iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:

     So why get a Brazilian? There are several levels of reasoning beyond what I mentioned in the foreword, but let's discuss the most obvious. Getting a Brazilian wax will make you feel cleaner down there and improve your sex life.

• boyzilian
• manzilian

Brazilian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.
   • 2024 August 15, Reuters, “US, Brazil float new Venezuela election despite government, opposition rebuffs”, in Fox News‎^[2]:

     U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support a new election in Venezuela, after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also floated the idea, despite rebuffs from Venezuela's ruling party and its opposition which both claim victory in the July 28 contest.

2. Pertaining to full removal of pubic hair.

• Portuguese Brazilian - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.