/choh"loh/ , n. , pl. cholos . Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
1. (esp. among Mexican-Americans) a teenage boy who is a member of a street gang.
2. Disparaging. a Mexican or Mexican-American.
3. a mestizo of Spanish America.
[ 1850-55; Cholollán ( Cholollan, modern Cholula), a city-state in pre-conquest Mexico ]