gussuk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Corruption of cossack.

Noun[edit]

gussuk (plural gussuks)

  1. (Alaska, derogatory) A white person.
    • 1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:
      We were better off before the gussuk came.
    • 1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:
      The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks
    • 2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:
      So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?
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