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Meaning of Quashee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A black inhabitant of the West Indies.

archaic

Examples

“It is clear, therefore, that he has no particular dread of making a Quashee of his Makololo, and that the idea of improving, civilising, and elevating this race, is no Utopian thought to the individual who knows them best.”
“Those, for example, who imagine that our West Indies are in a state of ruin, inhabited by a horde of half-savage Quashees, "up to the ears in pumpkin," as Mr. Carlyle was pleased to describe them, will be surprised to learn that, in the four years ending with 1857, the exports and imports of these small islands were valued at £37,000,000...”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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