Portuguee
/ˌpɔːtʃʊˈɡiː/ /ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiː/informal and regional (chiefly US and Caribbean )
noun
A native or inhabitant of Portugal; = Portuguese.
adjective
Of or relating to Portugal, its language, or its people; = Portuguese.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), novelist. Apparently an inferred singular of Portuguese.
- the Blitz
- the bloom is off the rose
- the Boat Race
- the body beautiful
- the Book of Psalms
- the Books of the Maccabees
- the boot (or shoe) is on the other foot
- the Border
- the Borders
- the bottom falls (or drops) out
- the Bourse
- the boy (or girl) next door
- the brass ring
- the bread of life
- the breath of life
- the buck stops here (or with someone)
- the Burse
- theca
- theca folliculi
- the Cairngorms
- the call of nature
- the calm before the storm
- the Canaries
- the cane
- the Cape