nisei

(nē′sā′)

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noun pl. nisei or niseis

a native U.S. or Canadian citizen born of immigrant Japanese parents and educated in America

Origin: Jpn, lit., second generation

See nisei in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Nisei Nisei or Ni·seis

A person born to parents who emigrated from Japan.

Origin:

Origin: Japanese

Origin: : ni, second (from Middle Chinese n^yih, ri)

Origin: + sei, generation; see issei

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