Meanings
nounPortugoose (plural Portugeese)
plural Portugeese
- derogatoryethnicinformalnonstandardoffensiveslurA Portuguese person.
A handy man, that assistant, Wynn. He was a half-bred 'Portugoose,' as they say in Bombay, with the name of Vasque d'Almeydo, and I understood that he'd had some training.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
Origin
Misrepresentation of Portuguese as following the same pattern as goose → geese.
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APA
Portugoose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portugoose
MLA
“Portugoose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portugoose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Portugoose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portugoose.
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