Potogee

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, as pronounced/rendered in various Caribbean English dialects and creoles like Guyanese Creole English.

Noun

Potogee (plural Potogees)

  1. (Caribbean) A Portuguese person.
    • 2012, V. S. Naipaul, The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited, →ISBN:
      'Is these Potogees who cause the trouble, you know,' he said. 'They have their hands in the stinking salt-fish barrel and they are still the first to talk of nigger this and coolie that.'

Anagrams

Guyanese Creole English

Alternative forms

  • Potagee

Etymology

From English Portuguese.

Noun

Potogee

  1. a Portuguese person
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