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Quashees

Quashees is the plural of Quashee.

Meaning of Quashee

Noun

Quashee (plural Quashees)

  1. (archaic) A black inhabitant of the West Indies.
    • It is clear, therefore, that he has no particular dread of making a Quashee of his Makololo, and that the idea of improving, civilising, and elevating this race, is no Utopian thought to the individual who knows them best.1858, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume 83, page 400

Questions about Quashees

What is Quashees the plural of?
Quashees is the plural of Quashee.

Words near Quashees in the dictionary

  1. quash
  2. quashable
  3. quashal
  4. quashed
  5. Quashee
  6. Quashees
  7. quasher
  8. quashers
  9. quashes
  10. Quashgai
  11. Quashie

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