paleface

American  

[payl-fays] / ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs /

noun

1. Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.

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paleface British  

/ ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs /

noun

1. a derogatory term for a White person, said to have been used by North American Indians

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Etymology

Origin of paleface

1815–25; pale ¹ + face, expression attributed to North American Indians

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Example Sentences

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paleface

Many of the writers Winters most admired wound up in Rahv’s paleface pantheon—Hawthorne, Melville, Emily Dickinson, Henry James.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019

But centuries before paleface cartographers gave the peak that name, Alaskan Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos called it by another: Denali, or "the Great One" in the Athabascan Indian dialect.

From Time Magazine Archive

He often carried her away to his wigwam and with great delight explained to visiting Indians how his name was woven into that of the first little paleface born among his people.

From Algonquin Indian Tales by Egerton Ryerson Young

From the Sand Hills they had noticed the preparations made at the tent, and saw the paleface ride away in the direction of the city.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins

"The trail of the paleface trader Renville?" inquired Hawk Eye.

From Hawk Eye by David Cory

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