white primary
noun
formerly in the southern United States, a primary election in which only white voters could participate.
white primaries
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pluralof white primary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Back in Charleston, Waring continued to rule against peonage and the Democrats’ white primaries.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2019
Above brown margined with buff and white; primaries brown; tail brown with little or no mottling; below brown.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Bill red; head and throat white, shading into slate above and below; tail blackish, tipped with white; primaries black.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Bill black, the tip yellow; crown black; above pearl; below white; primaries much as in No. 65.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Head and neck bare; white, primaries, secondaries and tail blackish.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
