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pale face

pale face is the alternative form of paleface.

Meaning of paleface

Noun

paleface (plural palefaces)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) 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.1848, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XXVIII, in The Bee-Hunter, or, The Oak Openings

Forms of pale face

pluralpale faces

Questions about pale face

What is pale face the alternative form of?
Pale face is the alternative form of paleface.

Words near pale face in the dictionary

  1. pale blue dot
  2. pale by comparison
  3. pale chub
  4. pale clouded yellow
  5. pale clouded yellows
  6. pale face
  7. pale faces
  8. pale fox
  9. pale foxes
  10. pale giant squirrel
  11. pale giant squirrels

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