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chocolatera.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
chocolatera.
Principal English Translation: 

a chocolate maker/seller (female)
(a Nahuatl word with a Hispanized ending)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

monamacaz xolar manic ycaltepotzco Juana chocolatera = se ha de vender el solar que está a espaldas de Juana la chocolatera (Xochimilco, 1650)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 238–239.