Geechee Definition
gēchē
noun
The Gullah creole.
American Heritage
A speaker of Gullah.
American Heritage
Used as a disparaging term for a person who speaks a nonstandard local dialect, as in Savannah, Georgia, or Charleston, South Carolina.
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Origin of Geechee
Ultimately after the Ogeechee River, Georgia, along which distinctive varieties of Black English were spoken
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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