bosdunbos•dunᗩᔆᑐᐣNwhite person

  

Etymology: Loan from English Boston, due to the fact that most of the ships involved in the coastal fur trade were based in the Boston area. The term probably came indirectly, via the aboriginal languages closer to the coast, very likely via Chinook Jargon.


Example


   
Bosdununli.
white personhe is
He is a white person.
  

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Related Words:   Ethnic Terms


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