"white-shirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white-shirts [plural]
Etymology: white + shirt, from the colour of the uniform. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|shirt}} white + shirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} white-shirt (plural white-shirts)
  1. (prison slang) A higher-ranking prison officer. Tags: slang Related terms: whitecoat

Inflected forms

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