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单词 polack
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Polackn.adj.

Brit. /ˈpəʊlak/, U.S. /ˈpoʊˌlɑk/
Forms: 1500s Polacque, 1500s–1600s Polacke, 1500s–1600s Polake, 1500s–1600s Polaque, 1600s Polac, 1600s Polacche, 1600s Polaccke, 1600s Polach, 1600s Poleak, 1600s 1800s Polak, 1600s 1800s– Pollack, 1600s– Polack, 1800s Pullack, 1900s– Polark, 1900s– Pollak. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Polish. Probably also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Polish Polak; Italian polacco.
Etymology: Ultimately < Polish Polak, self-designation, originally probably via Italian polacco (1553 or earlier as adjective, 1554 or earlier as noun); compare Middle Low German pōlacke , pollacke , German Polack (1716 or earlier; earlier as †poleck (15th cent.); now usually Polacke ; now derogatory and offensive), Middle French, French Polaque (1512 as noun in sense A. 1, 1540 as adjective in form †polasque , with reference to the language; now derogatory and offensive, except in spec. historical use; the usual French word is now polonais ), Spanish polaco (first half of the 15th cent. or earlier as noun, early 17th cent. or earlier as adjective), Portuguese polaco (1562 as adjective, 18th cent. or earlier as noun; probably via French; the usual Portuguese word is now polonês ). Compare earlier Polan n. and slightly later Pole n.3 1.In sense A. 2 after Yiddish Polyak.
Now derogatory and offensive.
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Poland, a Pole.In quot. 1609: the king of Poland.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Poland > [noun]
Polan1502
Polonian1533
Polack1561
Pole1574
Polander1587
Polacker1605
Polonese1668
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. T.ii This merchaunt man of Luca..arriued at the riuer of Boristhenes,..and saw the Moscouites, which for suspicion of warr were in doubt of the Polakes [It. Poloni], were on the other side.
1574 Sir P. Sidney Let. 27 Nov. in Wks. (1968) III. 99 The Polakes hartily repente their so fur fetcht election.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 63 His nephews leuies..a preparation gainst the Polacke.
1609 T. Middleton Sir Robert Sherley 3 Hee was receiued with great magnificence..both of the Polack himselfe and of his people.
1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 80 (margin) in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) The Moscovites discomfited by the Polacks in the battle of Orsa.
1753 J. Ashley Case & Appeal James Ashley vi. 26 Simmons the polack had been robbed.
1832 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems (1834) 87 There was not a heart, through which rushed the red blood Of a Polack.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Polack, same as Pole.
1922 M. F. Liddell in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 770 Danzig fears and hates the ‘Polacks’ and still more the French.
1933 S. 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—!
1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) vii. 171 A kingdom of sledded Polacks retreated into the shadows.
2. In Jewish usage: a Jewish person from Poland. Now rare.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > of specific area
the Dispersion1382
Oriental Jew1659
diaspora1694
Polack1834
Ashkenazim1839
Hebraist1892
Litvak1892
Peruvian Jew1897
Tudesco1897
halutzim1921
Yemenite1926
Ostjuden1934
Sabra1945
Yekke1950
refusenik1973
1834 Manch. 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 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 38 To a Dutch or Russian Jew, the ‘Pullack’, or Polish Jew, is a poor creature; and..the ‘Pullack’ looks down upon the ‘Litvok’, or Lithuanian.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. Polack, a name given to the Jews of the Polish provinces, by their Lithuanian co-religionists.
1962 B. Glanville Diamond i. 10 ‘Litvak or Polack?’ ‘Oh, Well, my mother and father both came from Poland.’ ‘Polacks,’ said the old man, as a Calvinist might say ‘Papists’. ‘Gonoven. Robbers.’
1971 M. A. Shulvass From East to West iv. 111 Following the great influx of Betteljuden from Poland to the West, the nickname Pollack assumed a more derogatory connotation than ever before.
1988 R. Salutin Man of Little Faith iii. 50 They could recruit a genuine Polack, Litvak, or even a Galitzianer to fill their weekly mitzvah.
3. North American. A Polish immigrant; a person of Polish descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1898 F. 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.’
1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iv. 61 Get out of the way you damn Polak!
1934 W. Saroyan Daring Young Man (1935) 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.
1952 F. L. Allen Big Change iii. 53 They were scornfully known as Dagoes, Polacks, Hunkies, Kikes.
1976 National 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.
1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay iv. 33 That truckload of Wops, Micks, Polacks, Frogs, and other European riffraff that blew into the country.
B. adj.
Polish. Also: of Polish origin or descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Poland > [adjective]
Polonish1565
Polish1574
Polonian1576
Polack1603
polony1610
Polonial1922
Polonic-
1603 A. Hartwell tr. L. Soranzo Ottoman i. §xxx. f. 23v The Tartarians,..must needes of necessitie passe through the Polack countrey [It. paese Polacco].
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 330 You from the Pollack warres, and you from England Are heere arriued. View more context for this quotation
1648 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Late Warres vii. 208 The Polach Embassadour extraordinary came likewise to Rome at this time, sent thither by his King.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. xii. 105/2 Any soldier, were he but a Polack Scythe-man, shall be welcome.
1879 G. W. Peck Peck's Fun (1882) 190 The husband of the Polack woman wanted Johnson to pay him three dollars, but he said he didn't want to buy the woman.
1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Jan. 21/2 Now would you like for mamma to go on reading to you about this Polark soldier and his girl friend, or would you like to go fly a kite.
1966 ‘E. V. Cunningham’ Helen iv. 45 You're some cheap Polack hooker that was tossed out of a parochial school fer diddling little boys.
1992 N. Cohn Heart of World vi. 68 Your average transvestite. Altarboy prizefighter son of..a Polack cop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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