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oztomeca.

Headword: 
oztomeca.
Principal English Translation: 

merchants in the vanguard (see the Florentine Codex, in attestations); perhaps merchants associated with mule teams
See the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl variations on this term; https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/termino/search?queryCreiterio=tlahuical&queryPar..., or, an ethnic label referring to the people of Oztoman

Attestations from sources in English: 

in puchteca, in oztomeca = the merchants, the vanguard merchants
Digital Florentine Codex, Book 9, ff. 3v., 8v., 18r., etc. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/search?term=oztomeca&view=text&filters=

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy