Japanner

Japanner (plural Japanners)

1. (obsolete) A Japanese person.
   • 1868, William Dalton, Will Adams, the first Englishman in Japan: a romantic biography, page 39:

     Of the interior of the apartment we occupied, I shall say but little; that little, however, will help to complete the description of a Japanner's dwelling.

Inherited from Dutch Japanner, equivalent to Japan +‎ -er.

Japanner (plural Japanners, diminutive Japannertjie)

1. Japanese (person from Japan or of Japanese descent)

   Synonyms: Japannees, (humorous or derogatory) Japsnees

From Japan +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈpɑnər/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧pan‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɑnər

Japanner m or f (plural Japanners, diminutive Japannertje n, feminine Japanse or Japannese)

1. Japanese (inhabitant of Japan; person of Japanese descent)

• Jap m

• Japans