Definition of Niseis

1. nisei [n] - See also: nisei

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niseis

nirlier
nirliest
nirling
nirlit
nirls
nirly
nirvana principle
nirvanas
nirvanic
nis
nisba
nisberry
nisbite
nisei
niseis (current term)
nisey
nish
nishes
nishi
nisi
nisin
nisoldipine
nisoxetine
nisse
nissen fundoplication
nisses
nissl bodies
nissonite
niste

Literary usage of Niseis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1862)
"though nine repeated victories diffused among the nations the fame siege of of his valour and conduct, he could not hope to succeed niseis. in ^e execution ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"... were so called from their commanding niseis, which were the principal divisions of the hoplites in the Athenian army. Each tribe (<f>u\ij) formed a ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"A general Historie of Spaine. in thirty Books, translated by E. Grime- tone. Lond. 1612, folio. K«ed, 4888, 12s. 6d. Bliss, niseis., 17. ..."

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