Japanee

J8A1P3A1N1E1E1

noun

A person from Japan.

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Meanings

nounJapanee (plural Japanees)

plural Japanees

  1. archaicA person from Japan.

    Then there was more low bows, and we ladies swept back our trains, took steps and curtsied just as easy and graceful as they did, and Mrs. Grant talked a little with a Japanee.

    1874, Ann Sophia Stephens, Phemie Frost's Experiences, page 173
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    In dealing with a Japanee you are dealing with one of nature's gentlemen. For nature's gentlemen are the Japanese, made in the older fashion of the world before money-grubbing had soiled the souls of men, cankered their hearts, […]

    1879, James Hingston, The Australian Abroad, page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
japanese

Origin

Back-formation from Japanese.

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APA

Japanee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanee

MLA

“Japanee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanee.

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