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A person of Polish descent
Answer for the clue "A person of Polish descent ", 6 letters:
polack
Word definitions for polack in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person of Polish descent
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polak , aka Polack , Poláček or Pollack is a surname common in Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and the United States. One of its meanings may be Polish man . It may refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polack \Po"lack\, n. A Polander. --Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Polish person," 1570s, from Polish Polak "(male) Polish person," related to Polanie "Poles," Polska "Poland," polski "Polish" (see Pole ). In North American usage, "Polish immigrant, person of Polish descent" (1879) and in that context considered offensive ...
Usage examples of polack.
Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman now, or the Berrigans writing manifestos, or Polacks warning against godless communism and X-rated movies.
Now I use words all the time like nigger, spick, Polack, jewboy, Mick, even greaseball, which is people from Italy.
Ball comes down, conks him on that big thick Polack skull, bounces over the fence.
The dark one, Deacon Werra, a powerful, loose-limbed Polack with bad teeth and only two cauliflower ears, had the physique but didn't know anything but rough clinching and a giant swing that started in the basement and never connected.
He's always asking people why the Frenchman crossed the road or how many Polacks it takes to screw in a lightbulb or how many pallbearers there are at a Harlem funeral.