fanqui

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English

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Etymology

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Anglo-Chinese; literally "foreign devil". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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fanqui (plural fanquis)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) A European.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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