white
adjective
of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
half-white
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a word derived from
white.
Example Sentences
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She was carrying an upside-down American flag attached to the Mexican flag because she’s half-white and half-Mexican.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
Even my white friend idolized the captain of her volleyball team, a half-Japanese, half-white girl.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2024
Anna, half-Korean, half-white, is 13 when adopted from Seoul in 1977.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
When he was born in a home for unwed mothers in 1960 in Peoria, Ill., Uphoff’s adoption paperwork mistakenly listed him as half-white and half-Mexican, an identity he carried through childhood.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Far out in the river I could see the half-white, half-black head of balding old Mama Lalaba, who must have decided crocodiles were preferable to death by nsongonya.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
