"white devil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white devils [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “Western devil”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|洋鬼子||Western devil}} 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “Western devil”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} white devil (plural white devils)
  1. (ethnic slur) A white person. Wikipedia link: white devil Tags: ethnic, slur Categories (topical): People Synonyms: white person Translations (white devil): 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen piru (Finnish), 洋鬼子 (yōkishi) (Japanese), 양귀자 (yanggwija) (alt: 洋鬼子) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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