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Definition of posho noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

  1.  
    /ˈpɒʃəʊ/
     
    /ˈpɑːʃəʊ/
     [countable]
    (plural poshos)
    (British English, informal, disapproving) a person from a high social class
  2.  
    /ˈpəʊʃəʊ/
     
    /ˈpəʊʃəʊ/
     
    East African English [ˈpoʃo]
     [uncountable] (East African English) a type of flour made from maize
    • a posho mill
    3. Word OriginSense 1 early 20th century: perhaps from slang posh, denoting a dandy. Sense 2 Kiswahili, literally ‘daily rations’.
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