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Paleface

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "Dere is Great Wicked Spirit, too... Heart grow hard. Great pleasure was to kill pale-face. Dat feeling last, Blossom, till I see you. Feel like fader to you, and don't want your scalp... Still want all udder pale-face scalp. Want Bourdon scalp much as any."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of paleface. alt-of
  3. 3
    (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) wordnet

Etymology

From pale + face, a supposed calque from a Native American language. First appears in print c. 1797.

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