"Issue" meaning in English

See Issue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪʃ(j)u/, /ˈɪʃ(j)ə/ Forms: Issues [plural]
Etymology: From Free (“not enslaved”) Issue (“progeny”), "an antiquated designation for descendants of enslaved people who were freed before the Civil War", later applied to Monacans because Virginia laws for a time required births to be registered as either "White" or "Colored", erasing Indians, and clerks later haphazardly classified Monacans (even from the same mother and father) as "Mixed Indian", "Negro", or "Issue". Head templates: {{en-noun}} Issue (plural Issues)
  1. (derogatory) A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-Issue-en-noun-b~Ss1CFv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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