Aztec: Meaning and Definition of

Az•tec

1. a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
2. Also calledthe variety of Nahuatl that served as the medium of Aztec civilization, aboriginally written in a chiefly pictographic script. Cf. Nahuatl (def. 2).
3. the Nahuatl language.