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Portugee vs Chinee - What's the difference?

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Chinee is a related term of portugee.



As nouns the difference between portugee and chinee

is that portugee is alternative form of Portagee while Chinee is a person from China.

portugee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated, pejorative)

    • Related terms

    * Chinee

    chinee

    English

    Noun

    (Chinees)
  • (dated, offensive, Chinese Pidgin English) A person from China

    • Usage notes

    * Now considered merely an illiterate alternative to Chinese, this was a pejorative term in the United States in the 19th century. * Appeared in Robert A. Heinlein's science-fiction novel The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (1966). The heavily multi-ethnic Moon/Luna settlers ("Loonies") made frequent use of it, apparently as a simple corruption of "Chinese" since no derogatory intent was clear. Transition from pejorative to neutral vernacular is also possible.

    Related terms

    * Portugee