Usually means: Second-generation Japanese born overseas.
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  1. nisei: Merriam-Webster
  2. Nisei, nisei: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Nisei: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Nisei: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Nisei: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nisei: Wordnik
  7. Nisei, nisei: Wiktionary
  8. nisei: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Nisei: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Nisei: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Nisei: Dictionary.com
  12. nisei: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Nisei (The X-Files), Nisei: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Nisei: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. nisei: FreeDictionary.org
  16. nisei: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Nisei: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nisei: A Word A Day
  2. nisei: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nisei: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See niseis as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nisei)

noun:  a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
noun:  One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.

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