paleface

American  

[peyl-feys] / 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

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

Black Hawk said he was "The best paleface friend the red men ever had."

From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser

He has loved her too, in days gone by, ere he looked upon the golden-haired paleface.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

The girl was apparently endeavouring to explain to the old chief how she had found the young paleface.

From The Settlers A Tale of Virginia by Kingston, William Henry Giles