paleface

American  

[payl-fays] / 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

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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

"The trail of the paleface trader Renville?" inquired Hawk Eye.

From Hawk Eye by David Cory

When Redfeather travelled not long since with the white men, he met with a paleface who came from the other side of the Great Salt Lake towards the rising sun.

From The Young Fur Traders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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 Samuel H. Fletcher

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