English Explanatory Dictionary

foreign devil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A foreigner.

Word forms

foreign devil foreign devils

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2, literally “foreign devil”)

Related words

gweilo for Europeans baizuo for left-wing Europeans
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