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joganosh

joganosh noun: white people or (more recently) any non-native people.

Noun

joganosh pl (plural only)

  1. (derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang, among the Ojibwe) White people or (more recently) any non-native people.

Synonyms of joganosh

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Origin of joganosh

From Ojibwe zhaaganaash/ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔑᐝ (“white person”).

Questions about joganosh

What does joganosh mean?
Joganosh means white people or (more recently) any non-native people.
What part of speech is joganosh?
Joganosh is a noun.

Words near joganosh in the dictionary

  1. jog on
  2. jog someone's memory
  3. jog-trot
  4. jog-trots
  5. joga
  6. joganosh
  7. Jogappa
  8. jogathon
  9. jogathons
  10. joged
  11. jogee

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