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Portugeese

Portugeese is the plural of Portugoose.

Meaning of Portugoose

Noun

Portugoose (plural Portugeese)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, informal, nonstandard, offensive, slur) A Portuguese person.
    • A handy man, that assistant, Wynn. He was a half-bred 'Portugoose,' as they say in Bombay, with the name of Vasque d'Almeydo, and I understood that he'd had some training.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about Portugeese

What is Portugeese the plural of?
Portugeese is the plural of Portugoose.

Words near Portugeese in the dictionary

  1. Portugall
  2. Portugalls
  3. Portugals
  4. Portugee
  5. Portugees
  6. Portugeese
  7. Portugeezer
  8. Portugeezers
  9. Portugese
  10. Portugoose
  11. Portugual

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Portugeese (page history and authors); Portugoose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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