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White man
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Noun
- 1 A man of European descent or having that appearance.
"Therefore he whacked the old n***** mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man - and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of white man. alt-of
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of white man (collectively) alt-of, uncountable
- 4 a man who is White wordnet
- 5 White people collectively; white culture.
"The arrival of the white man brought new things and new ideas, but also new wars and new diseases."
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- 6 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, man.
"The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row 1, and the black men are placed opposite."
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