[ 'sanseɪ ]
■ noun ( plural same) N. Amer. an American or Canadian whose grandparents immigrated from Japan. Compare with nisei and issei .
Origin
1940s: Japanese, from san 'third' + sei 'generation'.
[ 'sanseɪ ]
■ noun ( plural same) N. Amer. an American or Canadian whose grandparents immigrated from Japan. Compare with nisei and issei .
Origin
1940s: Japanese, from san 'third' + sei 'generation'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004