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gussuk en · NOUN

Etymology

Corruption of Cossack, influenced by Russian каза́к (kazák, “Cossack”) Compare Yup'ik kass'aq and Aleut Kasakax̂.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, qualifier:Alaska) A white person.
   • We were better off before the gussuk came. 1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:
   • The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks 1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:
   • So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here? 2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:

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