"gussuk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gussuks [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of cossack. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gussuk (plural gussuks)
  1. (Alaska, derogatory) A white person. Tags: derogatory

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Corruption of cossack.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gussuks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "gussuk (plural gussuks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Alaska English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English ethnic slurs",
          "parents": [
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            "Offensive terms",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        {
          "ref": "1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:",
          "text": "We were better off before the gussuk came.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white person."
      ],
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          "derogatory",
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        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Alaska",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Alaska, derogatory) A white person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gussuk"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Corruption of cossack.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gussuks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gussuk (plural gussuks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English ethnic slurs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:",
          "text": "We were better off before the gussuk came.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white person."
      ],
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          "derogatory",
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Alaska",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Alaska, derogatory) A white person."
      ],
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        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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