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white-shirt

white-shirt noun: a higher-ranking prison officer.

Noun

white-shirt (plural white-shirts)

  1. (slang) A higher-ranking prison officer.

Forms of white-shirt

pluralwhite-shirts

Origin of white-shirt

From white + shirt, from the colour of the uniform.

Questions about white-shirt

What does white-shirt mean?
White-shirt means a higher-ranking prison officer.
What part of speech is white-shirt?
White-shirt is a noun.
What is the plural of white-shirt?
The plural of white-shirt is white-shirts.

Words near white-shirt in the dictionary

  1. white-rumped hawks
  2. white-rumped sandpiper
  3. white-rumped sandpipers
  4. white-rumped shrike
  5. white-rumped shrikes
  6. white-shirt
  7. white-shirts
  8. white-shoe
  9. white-shoe firm
  10. white-shoe firms
  11. white-shoes

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