A Mexican gangster. Other definitions say this is untrue, and that cholo means only means mestizo. However, since this is an "urban" dictionary where the idea is to communicate the colloquial, everyday meaning used in contemporary society, the correct meaning is mexican gangster.
I was going to go to 7-11, but I decided not to when I saw the group of Cholos standing on the street corner.

by sirvancealott October 15, 2005
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In Peru: peasant or indian, in a somewhat degrading way because it implies being simple minded. Can also be used affectionately between friends.

In Peru it has no 'gangster' connotation.
friends: Que tal cholo! / Habla cholo!
insult: Mira el cholo bloqueando la calle con su burro!
by Matéo Pumakawa August 24, 2003
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Not a gangster, but a mexican gangster. I don't get where all these white boys think that a cholo is a gangster. Its a mexican gangster.
Mira los cholos caminando en la calle.
by Los-bckck April 12, 2008
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Slang term used mainly by people from Mexico, used to describe a gangster. Or anyone that dresses like one.
Juan: Hey man, you see that guy?
Jose: Yeah he's wearing Dickies, Chuck Taylor's, And a Blue T-Shirt.
Juan: He looks like a cholo.
by Mijo_Antrax February 21, 2013
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A cholo is a mexican or chicano gangster...wears baggy clothes...a white t-shirt...khaki pants...and has a bandana on him...(blue,red) also wears dark glasses"loks"...sometimes bald-headed...or with their hair slick back..
Wacha a ese cholo...pinche vato loco
by LaShyGirlX13 March 7, 2006
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A cholo is a mexican gangster, or something involved with looking or dressing like a gangster.
That fool looks like a cholo with his shaved head.
by Lumpy Loks May 24, 2005
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