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mean white

mean white noun: synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).

Noun

mean white (plural mean whites)

  1. (US, ethnic, obsolete, slur) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
    • A mean white would be acutely reminded of his own shabby status upon encountering a slave like Northup, […]2019, William L. Andrews, Slavery and Class in the American South, page 186

Synonyms of mean white

Forms of mean white

pluralmean whites

Questions about mean white

What does mean white mean?
Mean white means synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
What part of speech is mean white?
Mean white is a noun.
What is the plural of mean white?
The plural of mean white is mean whites.

Words near mean white in the dictionary

  1. mean to
  2. mean to say
  3. mean value theorem
  4. mean value theorems
  5. mean well
  6. mean white
  7. mean whites
  8. mean world syndrome
  9. mean'st
  10. mean-mouth
  11. mean-mouthed

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