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

Thus the Indian trail which passed near Council Rock was first used as the path of the paleface warriors.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph

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 Collins, Dennis

But after awhile, noticing the sad countenance of her paleface sister, and that her face was frequently bathed in tears, her heart softened toward her, and she ventured to ask the cause of her sorrow.

From Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. by Fletcher, Samuel H.