gussuk

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noun

A white person.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noungussuk (plural gussuks)

plural gussuks

  1. derogatoryAlaskaA white person.

    We were better off before the gussuk came.

    1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home
    2 more examples

    The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks

    1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89

    So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?

    2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Russianказа́к“Cossack”
  2. Englishgussuk

Corruption of Cossack, influenced by Russian каза́к (kazák, “Cossack”) Compare Yup'ik kass'aq and Aleut Kasakax̂.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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