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white feather

white feather noun: a feather of a white colour, used to signify surrender.

Noun

white feather (plural white feathers)

  1. A feather of a white colour, used to signify surrender.
    • There was nothing of the white feather about little Alfred.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 21

Forms of white feather

pluralwhite feathers

Questions about white feather

What does white feather mean?
White feather means a feather of a white colour, used to signify surrender.
What part of speech is white feather?
White feather is a noun.
What is the plural of white feather?
The plural of white feather is white feathers.

Words near white feather in the dictionary

  1. white English bulldogs
  2. White Eyes
  3. white fat
  4. White Father
  5. White Fathers
  6. white feather
  7. white feathers
  8. White Ferns
  9. white fever
  10. white fir
  11. white firs

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