Filipino \Fil`i*pi"no\, n.; pl. {Filipinos}. [Sp.] A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. Then there are Filipinos, -- ``children of the country,'' they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. --The Century.