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Polack, n. (a.)|ˈpəʊlək, ˈpəʊlæk, ˈpəʊlɑːk|
Also 6–7 Polake, 7 Polaque, -eak, -ach, (9 -ak) 9 Pollack, Pullack and with lower-case initial.
[a. Pol. Polak a Pole; Ger. Polack, F. Polaque.]
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole; in quot. 1609, the king of Poland. So † ˈPolaker Obs. rare.
1574Sidney Let. 27 Nov. in Wks. (1968) III. 99 The Polakes hartily repente their so fur fetcht election. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 192 Then for his Catholikes the Polakers, they clearly slip collar. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. 127 The last of these fower vertues the Polacks want, that is, celeritie. 1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 63. 1609 Middleton Sir R. Shirley Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 307 He was received with great magnificence..both of the Polack himself and of his people. 1657North's Plutarch, Add. Lives (1676) 80 margin, The Moscovites discomfited by the Polacks in the battle of Orsa. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Polack, same as Pole. 1922M. F. Liddell in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 770 Danzig fears and hates the ‘Polacks’ and still more the French. 1933S. K. Padover Let Day Perish 140 You cowardly little sneak! It's craven pups like you that make the Polacks trample on us! If we Jews would learn to..kill..like they do, the—Polacks would grovel at our feet—!
2. A Jew from Poland.
1834Manch. Old Hebrew Congregation Acct. Bk. in B. Williams Making of Manchester Jewry (1976) iii. 71 Given him the Polack for leaving Town 8/6. 1892[see Litvak]. 1909Cent. Dict. (Suppl.) Polack, a name given to the Jews of the Polish provinces, by their Lithuanian co⁓religionists. 1971M. A. Shulvass From East to West i. 23 It is hard to arrive at any accurate estimate of the numbers of Jews who emigrated westward in this period... The strongest indication that they came in considerable numbers is the fact that the nickname Pollack was current both in the Germanies and in the Hapsburg monarchy. Ibid. iv. 111 Following the great influx of Betteljuden from Poland to the West, the nickname Pollack assumed a more derogatory connotation than ever before.
3. N. Amer. A (usu. disparaging) term for a Polish immigrant or person of Polish descent.
1898F. P. Dunne Mr. Dooley in Peace & War 234 ‘Well,’ said Mr. Dooley, ‘ye'er thoughts on this subject is inthrestin', but not conclusive, as Dorsey said to th' Pollack, that thought he cud lick him.’ 1900Congress. Rec. 7 Feb. 1625/2, I have some Polacks in my district, and..the blood of Pulaski, the brave Pole who fell at Savannah in the defense of American liberty, has never been avenged. 1905[see cold a. 1 c]. 1922E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iv. 61 Get out of the way you damn Polak! 1935W. Saroyan Daring Young Man 108 All that mattered was this moment, Wolinsky in love, alive, walking down Ventura Avenue, in America, Wolinsky of the universe, the crazy Polak with the broken nose. 1944Sun (Baltimore) 2 Aug. 2/3 ‘You know, I sure did hate to shoot him,’ said the sergeant, ‘Because he might have been a Polack, but he wouldn't stop.’ 1952F. L. Allen Big Change iii. 53 They were scornfully known as Dagoes, Polacks, Hunkies, Kikes. 1965P. De Vries Let me count Ways vii. 101, I now recognized him as a blond Polak I had seen around town. 1971[see hunk n.3]. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 26 June 1/3 The Crusher's a clean-living Polack from Milwaukee who don't truck with no drugs or bad women.
B. adj. Polish. Also, of Polish origin or descent.
1602Shakes. Hamlet v. ii. 388 You from the Polake warres, and you from England Are heere arriued. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. xii, Any soldier, were he but a Polack Scytheman, shall be welcome. 1928[see fly v.1 5 a]. 1930[see bohunk]. 1966E. V. Cunningham Helen iv. 45 You're some cheap Polack hooker that was tossed out of a parochial school fer diddling little boys. 1974L. Deighton Spy Story xix. 199 Any sign of that goddamn Polack sub? |