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WHITE MAN

Pronunciation (US):

• WHITE MAN (noun)
The noun WHITE MAN has 1 sense:

1. a man who is White

Familiarity information: WHITE MAN used as a noun is very rare.

• WHITE MAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A man who is White

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("white man" is a kind of...):

Caucasian; White; white person (a member of the Caucasoid race)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white man"):

good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy (a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group)

squaw man (a white man married to a North American Indian woman)

"Up a creek without a paddle."
(English proverb)
"In death, I am born."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"If you see the fangs of the lions, don't think the lion is smiling."
(Almotanabbi)
"A monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes."
(Egyptian proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of Caucasian
Meaning of white person
Pronunciation of adult male
Meaning of good ol' boy
Pronunciation of good ole boy

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