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issei
is·sei I0257800 (ēs′sā′)n. pl. issei or is·seis A Japanese immigrant, especially one to the United States. [Japanese : ichi, one, first (from Middle Chinese ʔjit (also the source of Mandarin yī, one), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *it; akin to Burmese, ʔac) + sei, generation (from Middle Chinese ʂiaj`, generation, world; also the source of Mandarin shì).]issei (iːˈseɪ) na first generation Japanese immigrant to the USAIs•sei (ˈisˈseɪ) n., pl. -sei. (sometimes l.c.) a Japanese immigrant to North America, esp. one who came to the U.S. prior to World War II and was ineligible for citizenship before 1952. Compare Kibei, Nisei, Sansei. [1935–40; < Japanese, =is first + sei generation] ISSEI
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ISSEI➣International Society for the Study of European Ideas (University of Helsinki, Finland) |
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