nitchie
[ nee-chee ]
nounChiefly Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
Origin of nitchie
1First recorded in1785–95; from Ojibwe ni·či· “my friend,” extracted from the phrase po·žo· ni·či· “greetings, friend!”, a common salutation among men
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How to use nitchie in a sentence
Siwash, and nitchie Scott, find enemy's horses and drift them away out of reach.
A Man in the Open | Roger PocockDuncan had upbraided me for passing out my last five-dollar bill to that hungry nitchie, but the poor woman needed it.
The Prairie Child | Arthur Stringer
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