English Explanatory Dictionary

gussuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white person.

Word forms

gussuk gussuks

Etymology

Corruption of Cossack, influenced by Russian каза́к (kazák, “Cossack”) Compare Yup'ik kass'aq and Aleut Kasakax̂.

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