A) A U.S. Citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish origin.
B) A Spanish speaking person.
C) An American whose first language is Spanish.
More about Hispanic and history related to it:
"Pertaining to Spain" (especially ancient Spain) 1584, from L. Hispanicus, from Hispania "Iberian Peninsula," from Hispanus "Spaniard" (see Spaniard). Specific application to Sp.-speaking parts of the New World is 1889, Amer.Eng. esp. Applied since c.1972 to Sp.-speaking persons of Latin American descent living in U.S.
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