"paleface" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-paleface.ogg Forms: palefaces [plural]
Etymology: From pale + face, a calque from a Native American language. First appearing in print in the early 19th century. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pale|face}} pale + face, {{glossary|calque}} calque Head templates: {{en-noun}} paleface (plural palefaces)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A white person; a person of European descent. Tags: derogatory, slang Synonyms: white person, Paleface, pale face Related terms: palefaced Translations (a white person of European descent, in the context of American Indians): սպիտակամորթ (spitakamortʻ) (Armenian), бледолик (bledolik) (Bulgarian), bledá tvář (Czech), blegansigt [neuter] (Danish), bleekgezicht [neuter] (Dutch), kahvanägu (Estonian), kalpeanaama (Finnish), visage pâle [masculine] (French), Bleichgesicht [neuter] (German), χλωμό πρόσωπο (chlomó prósopo) [neuter] (Greek), viso pallido [masculine] (Italian), blada twarz [feminine] (Polish), cara-pálida [masculine] (Portuguese), бледноли́цый (blednolícyj) (Russian), blekansikte [neuter] (Swedish), блідоли́ций (blidolýcyj) (Ukrainian)

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