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paleface

noun

Etymology

From pale + face, a supposed calque from a Native American language. First appears in print c. 1797.

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. compounded as paleface — “pale + face”

Definitions

  1. A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.

    • The hearts of the palefaces would not thrill to these superstitions of the red men, though we spoke of them in the centre of the haunted region.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of paleface.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA