Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Gullah creole.
- noun A speaker of Gullah.
- noun Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a person who speaks a nonstandard local dialect, as in Savannah, Georgia, or Charleston, South Carolina.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anyone growing up in the Southeast has heard the derisive term "rice-eating Geechee," usually referring to someone from Georgia or the Carolinas.
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Pin Point lies along the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor designated by Congress, a passage of coastal fishing towns settled by the descendants of slaves.
Is Clarence Thomas's Humble Georgia Museum a Huge Ethics Issue? 2011
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OK I moved on to the "Gullah Geechee Cultural" workshop.
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For decades, being a Geechee, as they were more widely known, carried a stigma.
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For decades, being a Geechee, as they were more widely known, carried a stigma.
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Park Service guy says that for the last 10 yrs he has been working to preserve the Gullah Geechee heritage and says all the things that he has learned he never learned in schools.
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Hey now, First Lady Michelle Obama's people are of the Gullah/Geechee heritage.
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Clyburn says that he is fully committed to making sure the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is fully funded.
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Anyone growing up in the Southeast has heard the derisive term "rice-eating Geechee," usually referring to someone from Georgia or the Carolinas.
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In 2005, she made an EP, "Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Soul" (OyaWarrior Records), but she said the experience was traumatic.
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