a white person

  • 1White person — A person of the Caucasian race ( 6 Fed. Rep. 256). Note: In the time of slavery in the United States white person was generally construed as a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and decisions in different States since… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2White person — noun a member of the Caucasoid race • Syn: ↑White, ↑Caucasian • Derivationally related forms: ↑Caucasian (for: ↑Caucasian), ↑white (for: ↑ …

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  • 3white person — One of the Caucasian or white race, as distinguished from a person of the yellow, brown, black, or red race. Ozawa v United States, 260 US 178, 67 L Ed 199, 43 S Ct 65. By a very literal construction, one who is white of skin, so that even a dark …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4White privilege — is a sociological concept that describes advantages purportedly enjoyed by white persons beyond that which is commonly experienced by non white people in those same social, political, and economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc …

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  • 5White trash — is a pejorative term targeted at lower social class white people with poor prospects and/or low levels of education. To call someone white trash is to accuse a white person of being economically, educationally and/or culturally bankrupt. White… …

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  • 6white´slave´ — white slave, 1. a woman forced to be a prostitute. 2. a white person held as a slave. –white´slave´, adjective …

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  • 7white-trash — white trash, Slang (derogatory). a white person of low social status living in poverty or poor conditions. –white trash, adjective …

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  • 8white slave — white slave, adj. 1. a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution. 2. a white person held as a slave. [1825 35] * * * …

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  • 9white trash — ☆ white trash n. Slang a poor, ignorant white person, esp. of Appalachia or the South, or such persons collectively: an insulting or derogatory term …

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  • 10White people — Whites redirects here. For other uses, see White (disambiguation). Race …

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