"white devil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white devils [plural]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “Western devil”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from 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. Tags: ethnic, slur Translations (white devil): 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen piru (Finnish), 洋鬼子 (yōkishi) (Japanese), 양귀자 (yanggwija) (alt: 洋鬼子) (Korean), biały diabeł [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-white_devil-en-noun-qcoW7nC2 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white person
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

Forms: white devils [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, pluralizing the concept of the Devil in Islam to encompass all white people. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Elijah Muhammad|occ=Nation of Islam leader}} Coined by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, {{quote-book|en|author=Dennis Walker|isbn=978-0-932863-44-7|location=Atlanta|page=44|publisher=Clarity Press|title=Islam and the Search for African-American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation Of Islam|url=https://archive.org/details/islamsearchforaf0000walk|year=2005}} 2005, Dennis Walker, Islam and the Search for African-American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation Of Islam, Atlanta: Clarity Press, →ISBN, page 44: Head templates: {{en-noun}} white devil (plural white devils)
  1. (Nation of Islam, ethnic slur) A white person. Tags: ethnic, slur
    Sense id: en-white_devil-en-noun-qcoW7nC21 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white person
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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