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
The tertiaries have, therefore, the same order of relation to black that the primaries have to white; and we have black primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, inversely, as we have white primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, directly.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Above ashy gray; below soiled whitish; outer tail-feathers with white; wing-coverts narrowly tipped with white; primaries white basally.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Resembles No. 368, but has the head and neck spotted with white; primaries with broad, whitish tips.
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
