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mean whites

mean whites is the plural of mean white.

Meaning of mean white

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

Questions about mean whites

What is mean whites the plural of?
Mean whites is the plural of mean white.

Words near mean whites in the dictionary

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

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