Noun: Portuguese
| Singular | Portuguese |
| Plural | Portuguese |
Sample Sentences
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[…] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other. [1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:]
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With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane. [1920, Paulus Edward Pieris, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658, page 184:]
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Beresford required all materials for coatees, waistcoats and pantaloons to be sent out unmade, as the Portuguese were perfectly capable of making the suits up properly after delivery. [2000, René Chartrand, Bill Younghusband, The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars, volume 1, page 23:]
Nouns inflected like Portuguese
Eldar,
Inuit,
mirepoix,
ml,
xu,
oppai,
Jedi,
Thao,
Sith,
Portuguese,
Etymology
From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal + -ese. See: Portuguese Nouns '
português'.