nitchie
[nee-chee]
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a North-American Indian.
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Origin of nitchie
1785–95; < Ojibwa ni·či· my friend, extracted from the phrase po·žo· ni·či· “greetings, friend!”, a common salutation among men
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Siwash, and Nitchie Scott, find enemy's horses and drift them away out of reach.
A Man in the OpenRoger Pocock
Duncan had upbraided me for passing out my last five-dollar bill to that hungry Nitchie, but the poor woman needed it.
The Prairie ChildArthur Stringer