paleface

[ peyl-feys ]

noun

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

paleface

/ ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of paleface¹

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

Example Sentences

Black-deer exclaimed, as he rose quickly, "the Paleface has a lying tongue in his mouth."

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But one day a paleface, one of the leaders of the colony at Plymouth, came into the Indian village.

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The wild man is bad enough, but there comes another man—the paleface—who has no heart for what is dearest to us.

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Then they rode rapidly away undoubtedly taking great pleasure in the fright they had given the Paleface.

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"The two women will follow us, as well as the paleface hunters," one of the Indians commanded.

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