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whitehead

1 American  
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a small pimple having a white or yellowish head; heads; milium.

Whitehead 2 American  
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.

Whitehead British  
/ ˈwaɪtˌhɛd /

noun

  1. Alfred North. 1861–1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910–13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929)

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Etymology

Origin of whitehead

First recorded in 1930–35; white + head

Example Sentences

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In the winter of 1984, I began to get subsurface lumps on my back without even going through the blackhead or whitehead phase.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018

The patch uses it’s very adhesive hydrocolloid properties to pull the whitehead off your skin.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2018

And though these cysts are sometimes unassuming—pink but no whitehead, usually not too raised—they are very painful.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2018

Thou snow-bearded, silent, winter-sky, thou round-eyed whitehead above me!

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

I'd as lave, if I was a foolish woman, which, thanks be, I'm not, hug a whitehead torpedo as Cousin George.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Dunne, Finley Peter

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