plural nisei
often capitalized
: a son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who is born and educated in America and especially in the U.S.
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But growing up near downtown L.A. in the ’30s and ’40s exposed her to the customs of her many nisei Japanese friends, too.
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Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
By then the Army was enlisting nisei soldiers to fight in Africa and Europe.
—Smithsonian, 29 Jan. 2017
Kashiwagi said that many of the seniors were nisei — second-generation Japanese Americans born in the U.S. — who had spent their youth detained in World War II incarceration camps.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2017
The miniature spelling master has become an Internet celebrity, impressing people with her ability to crack words that would stump most adults, such as Panglossian, Baedeker, nisei, and Croesus.
—The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2017
By then the Army was enlisting nisei soldiers to fight in Africa and Europe.
—Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
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Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
By then the Army was enlisting nisei soldiers to fight in Africa and Europe.
—Smithsonian, 29 Jan. 2017
Kashiwagi said that many of the seniors were nisei — second-generation Japanese Americans born in the U.S. — who had spent their youth detained in World War II incarceration camps.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2017
The miniature spelling master has become an Internet celebrity, impressing people with her ability to crack words that would stump most adults, such as Panglossian, Baedeker, nisei, and Croesus.
—The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2017
By then the Army was enlisting nisei soldiers to fight in Africa and Europe.
—Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
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nisei
noun
ni·sei
(ˈ)nē-ˈsā 
ˈnē-ˌsā
plural nisei also niseis
: a son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who is born and educated in America
Etymology
Japanese, literally "second generation"
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