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San·sei

 (sän′sā′, sän-sā′)
n. pl. Sansei or San·seis
The US-born grandchild of Japanese immigrants to America.
[Japanese : san, three; see shamisen + sei, generation; see issei.]
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sansei

(ˈsænseɪ)
n
(Anthropology & Ethnology) an American whose parents were Japanese immigrants
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San•sei

(ˈsɑn seɪ, sɑnˈseɪ)

n., pl. -sei. (sometimes l.c.)
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to North America. Compare Issei, Kibei, Nisei.
[1940–45; < Japanese: third generation, earlier san-seĩ < Middle Chinese]
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