| Pronunciation: | | 'peylfeys
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians) |
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| | See Also: | | Caucasian, White, white person |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pale"face`\, n.
A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been
applied to the whites by the American Indians. --J. F.
Cooper.
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| | Related Terms: | | American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, Bushman, Caucasian, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, Indian, jigaboo, jungle bunny, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, nigger, niggra, ofay, Oriental, pygmy, Red Indian, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, WASP, white, white man, whitey, yellow man |
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