"white person" meaning in English

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Noun

  1. Tags: no-gloss Related terms: person of color
    Sense id: en-white_person-en-noun-47DEQpj8 Synonyms: ang moh [Malaysia, Singapore], Angrez [India, Pakistan], balanda [Australia], béké [Antilles, French], bule [Indonesia], Caucasian [US], cracker [pejorative], cumskin [derogatory, vulgar], farang [Thailand], firangi [India, Pakistan], gringo [Latin-America], gora [India, Pakistan], gussuk, gweilo [Hong-Kong, Macau], haole [Hawaii], honky [pejorative], hoogie [pejorative], hoojah [US, derogatory, ethnic, slur], ice monkey [pejorative], ivory, joganosh [pejorative, plural], kabloona [Canada], laowai [China], leucoderm, mayo [derogatory, offensive], mayonnaise face [derogatory, offensive], melanin-challenged [adjective, humorous], migaloo, mlungu [South-Africa], mzungu [Africa, East], ofay [pejorative], oyinbo [Nigeria], paddy, Pakeha [New-Zealand], paleface [pejorative], pigskin [pejorative], pinky, roundeye, saltine [euphemistic, for cracker], snow bunny [pejorative], toubab [Africa, West], umlungu [South-Africa], vazaha, white, white bread [US], white devil [China, dated, pejorative], whiteface, white man, whitey [pejorative], wigger [derogatory], wonderbread Hyponyms: boor, bubba, buckra [African-American-Vernacular-English], corn-cracker [derogatory], good old boy, hick, hillbilly, pecker, peckerwood [pejorative], poor white trash, redneck, trailer trash, white trash, WASP, European-American, Anglospherian

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