niseis

Variant of nisei

nisei definition

☆ ni·sei (nē′sā′)

noun pl. nisei ni′·sei′ or niseis ni′·seis′

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

Etymology: Jpn, lit., second generation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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