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doughfaces

doughfaces is the plural of doughface.

Meaning of doughface

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.

Questions about doughfaces

What is doughfaces the plural of?
Doughfaces is the plural of doughface.

Words near doughfaces in the dictionary

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

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