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palefaced

palefaced adjective: having a pale face.

Adjective

palefaced (not comparable)

  1. Having a pale face.
    • It was soon arranged that I should go with a palefaced youth who had a seat to spare in his tandem, while my friend accompanied our host.1850, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 17, page 327
    • By the side of the tired animal was a pale-faced man, who never once used his worn-out whip, but gave kindly words to his steed in the place of lashes. He was poorly dressed and looked wan and anxious.1891, Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, Basil and Annette
  2. (ethnic, slur) Of a paleface, i.e., a white person, a person of European descent.

Origin of palefaced

From paleface + -ed.

Questions about palefaced

What does palefaced mean?
Palefaced means having a pale face.
What part of speech is palefaced?
Palefaced is an adjective.

Words near palefaced in the dictionary

  1. paled into insignificance
  2. paleencephalon
  3. paleethnological
  4. paleethnology
  5. paleface
  6. palefaced
  7. palefaces
  8. palegold searsid
  9. palegold searsids
  10. paleichthyology
  11. paleing

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