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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Polack
 
SYLLABICATION:Po·lack
PRONUNCIATION:  plk, -lk
NOUN:1. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Polish birth or descent. 2. Obsolete A native of Poland; a Pole.
ETYMOLOGY:Polish Polak. See pel-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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