isseis

Variant of issei

issei definition

☆ is·sei (ē′sā′)

noun pl. issei -·sei′ or isseis -·seis′

a Japanese immigrant to North America, esp. one coming to the U.S. after 1907 and ineligible until 1952 to become a U.S. citizen

Etymology: Jpn, lit., first generation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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