Usually means: First-generation Japanese immigrants abroad.
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  1. issei: Merriam-Webster
  2. issei: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. issei: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Issei: Wordnik
  5. issei: Wiktionary
  6. issei: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Issei: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Issei: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. issei: Dictionary.com
  10. Issei (given name), Issei: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. ISSEI, Issei: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. issei: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ISSEI: Acronym Finder
  2. issei: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Issei: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (issei)

▸ noun:  A member of the first generation of Japanese immigrants to North America, South America, or Australia.

Similar:
Nisei, kibei, nikkeijin, Aboriginal American, new Australian, nikkei, Zainichi, Japanee, indio, oldcomer, more...

Opposite:
nisei

Phrases:
Issei Sagawa, Issei Noro, more...

Adjectives:
many, other, elderly, older, few, young, male, early, generation, original, japanese

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Similar:
Nisei, kibei, nikkeijin, Aboriginal American, new Australian, nikkei, Zainichi, Japanee, indio, oldcomer, more...

Opposite:
nisei

Phrases:
Issei Sagawa, Issei Noro, more...

Adjectives:
many, other, elderly, older, few, young, male, early, generation, original, japanese



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