POLAND
ADJECTIVES
► POLAC ► POLACK ► POLACKI ► POLACQUE ► POLAK ► POLLACKY ► POLLOCK ► PULLACK Polish; of Polish origin or descent → 1603 now derogatory & offensive
► POLONESE Polish → 1736
► POLONIAL Polish → 1922
► POLONIAN Polish, of Polish descent → 1576
► VARSOVIAN belonging to Warsaw → 1902
NOUNS
► POLONESE the Polish language → 1781 obs.
► POLONISM 1. Polish identity and culture → 1842
2. a Polish idiom or turn of phrase; a Polish characteristic → 1859
► POLONIZATION a making something Polish → 1866
NOUNS – PERSON
► GALICIAN an inhabitant of Galicia, a region of Poland and West Russia → 1903
► PODUNK a Polish person → 1969 Amer. dial.
► POLAC ► POLACK ► POLACKI ► POLACQUE ► POLAK ► POLLACK ► POLLACKY ► POLLOCK ► PULLACK 1. a native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole → 1561 now derogatory & offensive
2. a Polish immigrant; a person of Polish descent → 1898 Amer., derogatory & offensive
► POLACKER 1. a native or inhabitant of Poland → 1605 obs., now derogatory & offensive
2. a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner → 1883 Amer. dial., mainly derogatory
► POLAN a native or inhabitant of Poland → 1502
► POLANDER 1. a native or inhabitant of Poland → 1587
2. a person of Polish birth or descent; broadly, a central European → 1624 Amer. dial.
► POLESS a Polish woman → 1828
► POLONAISE a female native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polish woman → 1807
► POLONESE a native or inhabitant of Poland → 1668 obs.
► POLONIAN a native or inhabitant of Poland; later, a Polish immigrant or person of Polish descent living in the United States → 1533
► POLONOIS a native or inhabitant of Poland; a person of Polish descent → 1606 obs.
► POLSKI a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant → 1950 Amer. dial.
► POSKI a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant → 1964 Amer. dial., derogatory
► ROUNDHEAD a Swedish person; a Norwegian; a Polish person; a Finnish person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SAUSAGE ROLL a Pole → 1940s rhyming sl.
► UMPKE a Polish person → 2005 Amer. dial.
► YAK a nickname for a Pole or a person of Polish descent → 20C US sl., derogatory
► ZINSKI a Polish immigrant → 1911 US sl.
VERBS
► POLONIZE to make Polish; to give a Polish character to → 1844