paleface
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paleface¹
Where it comes from
From pale + face, a supposed calque from a Native American language. First appears in print c. 1797.
noun palefaces · Paleface · pale face · pale-face
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A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.
Dere is Great Wicked Spirit, too... Heart grow hard. Great pleasure was to kill pale-face. Dat feeling last, Blossom, till I see you. Feel like fader to you, and don't want your scalp... Still want all udder pale-face scalp. Want Bourdon scalp much as any.
Similar: abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, cac, Caucasian, cornstarch crusader, cracker, cumskin, Eurangutan
Paleface²
noun Palefaces
- Alternative letter-case form of paleface
Translations
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noun a white person of European descent, in the context of American Indians
| Português | cara-pálida |
|---|---|
| Français | visage pâle |
| Deutsch | Bleichgesicht |
| Italiano | viso pallido |
| Ελληνικά | χλωμό πρόσωπο chlomó prósopo |
| Русский | бледноли́цый blednolícyj |
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