"rice-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rice-eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rice-eater (plural rice-eaters)
  1. One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.
    Sense id: en-rice-eater-en-noun-6iX5MAvK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person who is Asian or of Asian descent. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-rice-eater-en-noun-yQbO43Nn Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rice eater Related terms: bean-eater (english: slur towards Mexican people), potato eater (english: slur towards Irish people)

Inflected forms

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