"doughface" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: doughfaces [plural]
Etymology: dough + face Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dough|face}} dough + face Head templates: {{en-noun}} doughface (plural doughfaces)
  1. (derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-doughface-en-noun-ToWaqPm~
  2. (derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
    In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power, especially a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.
    Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): American Civil War
    Sense id: en-doughface-en-noun-ojXuJjq7 Disambiguation of American Civil War: 0 99 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 68 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 78 12
  3. (dated, obsolete, derogatory) A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump. Tags: dated, derogatory, obsolete
    Sense id: en-doughface-en-noun-JYDghQfj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doughfacism, dough-faced

Inflected forms

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