gussuk

English

Etymology

Corruption of cossack.

Noun

gussuk (plural gussuks)

1. (Alaska, derogatory) A white person.
   • 1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:

     We were better off before the gussuk came.

   • 1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:

     The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks

   • 2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:

     So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?