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Paleface

Paleface Meaning & Definition
Paleface Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paleface?

[n] a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paleface:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paleface: 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

See Also | Caucasian | White | white person

Paleface In Webster's Dictionary

\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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