Definition of Issei

1. a Japanese immigrant to the United States [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Issei

isoxazole
isoxazoles
isoxazolidine
isoxazolidines
isoxazolidinone
isoxazoline
isoxazolines
isoxazolyl
isoxicam
isoxsuprine
isoxsuprine hydrochloride
isozyme
isozymes
isozymic
isradipine
issei (current term)
isseis
issuable
issuably
issuance
issuances
issuant
issue
issue forth
issued
issueless
issuer
issuers
issues
issuing

Literary usage of Issei

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

1. Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo by John R Black (1881)
"... issei.—CAPITALIZATION OP PENSIONS.—PUBLIC OPINIONS ON THE MEASURE.— GREAT ADVANCE IN PRICE OF SILK. THE Gorea embassy, consisting of General ..."

2. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"... issei, ... et issei, orationes XXX., interprete Alph. Miniato. Nunc prim urn gr. et lat. edita:. ..."

3. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"For example, mortality rates from breast cancer are low among both the issei (Japanese migrants to the United States) and the Nisei (those born in the ..."

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