white men

Noun

white man (plural white men)

1. A man of European descent or having that appearance.
   • Therefore he whacked the old n***** mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man - and of course it went quite easy between the...1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198

   Synonyms:

   abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, cac, Caucasian, cornstarch crusader, cracker

2. White people collectively; white culture.
   • The arrival of the white man brought new things and new ideas, but also new wars and new diseases.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, man.
   • The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row 1, and the black men are placed opposite.1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4