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Japanee

Japanee noun: a person from Japan.

Noun

Japanee (plural Japanees)

  1. (archaic) A person from Japan.
    • Then there was more low bows, and we ladies swept back our trains, took steps and curtsied just as easy and graceful as they did, and Mrs. Grant talked a little with a Japanee.1874, Ann Sophia Stephens, Phemie Frost's Experiences, page 173
    • In dealing with a Japanee you are dealing with one of nature's gentlemen. For nature's gentlemen are the Japanese, made in the older fashion of the world before money-grubbing had soiled the souls of men, cankered their hearts, […]1879, James Hingston, The Australian Abroad, page 87

Forms of Japanee

pluralJapanees

Origin of Japanee

Back-formation from Japanese.

Questions about Japanee

What does Japanee mean?
Japanee means a person from Japan.
What part of speech is Japanee?
Japanee is a noun.
What is the plural of Japanee?
The plural of Japanee is Japanees.

Words near Japanee in the dictionary

  1. Japanazi
  2. Japanazis
  3. Japandering
  4. Japandi
  5. japaned
  6. Japanee
  7. Japanees
  8. Japanese
  9. Japanese amberjack
  10. Japanese amberjacks
  11. Japanese andromeda

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