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Polish-American, n. and a.
[f. Polish a. + American a. and n.]
A. n. An American of Polish origin.
1898F. Baringer in Memorial of Polish-American Organizations in U.S. 29 The Polish-Americans in this city are very industrious. 1938W. Seabrook These Foreigners v. 258 The late Congressman Zionchek who went berserk on the White House lawn was a Polish American. 1943Who's Who in Polish America (ed. 3) 9 This..is the outgrowth of a project begun modestly in 1939, with the publication of a brochure containing brief biographies of 100 leading Polish-Americans. 1945Polonia 83 The New Poland that came out of the War proved disappointing to many Polish Americans. 1974D. MacKenzie Zaleski's Percentage ii. 40 A handful of Polish-Americans made the pilgrimage. 1977B. Garfield Recoil i. 18 ‘She's married to a Polack.’ ‘Polish-American, Charlie.’
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Americans of Polish origin.
1911Cath. Encycl. XII. 207/2 The most typical of the Polish American laymen to achieve distinction was Peter Kiolbassa. 1936Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) 673 The Polish-American journalists are rather more careful than most. 1949Dziennik Zwiazkowy (Chicago, Ill.) 19 Nov. 6/1 A banquet in honour of the Polish American public official. 1961‘E. Lathen’ Banking on Death x. 80 The Buffalo Polish-American Democratic Club. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 1 May b6/4 Television cameras invaded a Polish-American working-class home on the south side of Milwaukee. |