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doughface

doughface noun: a person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.

Noun

doughface (plural doughfaces)

  1. (derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
    1. (derogatory) In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power, especially a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.
  2. (dated, derogatory, obsolete) A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump.

Forms of doughface

pluraldoughfaces

Origin of doughface

From dough + face.

Words formed from doughface

Questions about doughface

What does doughface mean?
Doughface means a person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
What part of speech is doughface?
Doughface is a noun.
What is the plural of doughface?
The plural of doughface is doughfaces.

Words near doughface in the dictionary

  1. dougher
  2. doughers
  3. Dougherty
  4. Dougherty County
  5. Doughertys
  6. doughface
  7. doughfaced
  8. doughfaceism
  9. doughfaces
  10. doughfacism
  11. doughier

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