"mean white" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mean whites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mean white (plural mean whites)
  1. (US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”) Tags: US, ethnic, obsolete, slur Synonyms: poor white trash [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mean_white-en-noun-lheNxrbd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

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