"joganosh" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Ojibwe zhaaganaash/ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔑᐝ (“white person”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|oj|zhaaganaash}} Ojibwe zhaaganaash Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} joganosh pl (plural only)
  1. (slang, derogatory, among the Ojibwe) White people or (more recently) any non-native people. Tags: derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang
    Sense id: en-joganosh-en-noun-6jbbnIBr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: abelungu [South-Africa, collective, derogatory], ang moh [Malaysia, Singapore], Angrez [India, Pakistan], balanda [Australia], béké [Antilles, French], bule [Indonesia], cac [African-American-Vernacular-English, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur], Caucasian [US], cornstarch crusader [derogatory], cracker [pejorative, slang], cumskin [derogatory, vulgar], Eurangutan [derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur], European, farang [Thailand], firangi [India, Pakistan], gringo [Latin-America], gora [India, Pakistan], gussuk, gweilo [Hong-Kong, Macau], haole [Hawaii], honky [pejorative], hoogie [pejorative], hoojah [US, derogatory, ethnic, slur], ice monkey [pejorative], ivory, joganosh [pejorative, plural], kabloona [Canada], laowai [China], leucoderm, mayo [derogatory, offensive, slang], mayo monkey [ethnic, offensive, slur], mayonnaise face [derogatory, offensive], melanin-challenged [adjective, humorous], migaloo, mlungu [South-Africa], mzungu [Africa, East], ofay [pejorative], oyinbo [Nigeria], paddy, Pakeha [New-Zealand], paleface [pejorative], pigskin [pejorative], pinky, roundeye, saltine [euphemistic], snow bunny [pejorative], snow roach [pejorative], toubab [Africa, West], umlungu [South-Africa], vazaha, vanilla [pejorative], wadjela, white, whiteboy [derogatory, sometimes], white bread [US], white devil [China, dated, pejorative], whiteface, white man, whitey [pejorative], Whitoid [pejorative], wigger [derogatory], wonderbread, Yakubian [derogatory], Yankee [pejorative]
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          "word": "white"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory",
            "sometimes"
          ],
          "word": "whiteboy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
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          "word": "white bread"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "China",
            "dated",
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "white devil"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "word": "whiteface"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "word": "white man"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "whitey"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "Whitoid"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "wigger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "word": "wonderbread"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Yakubian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:white person",
          "tags": [
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "Yankee"
        }
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "joganosh"
}

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  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "joganosh"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "joganosh",
  "trace": ""
}

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