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

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.

François, bustling and important, announced a messenger from “our brothers, the Shawnees, who has come for this paleface, a runaway.”

From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by Goss, John

Some new ideas had evidently come into her mind; it seemed to flash upon her that she was of the same race as the young paleface by her side.

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