Whitefolk

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    White people. informal, plural, plural-only

    "Coordinate term: blackfolk"

Example

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"Francine’s stolid, accommodating husband Albert (Damon Gupton) completes the picture, and soon we’re in purgatory, with a passel of well-meaning whitefolk raucously debating the limits of liberty (vis a vis the superseding priority of property value) as the black folks stand quietly by, biting (through) their tongues."

Etymology

From white + folk.

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