Meaning of Quashee | Babel Free

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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