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white men's graves

white men's graves is the plural of white man's grave.

white men's graves is the plural of white men's grave.

Meaning of white man's grave

Noun

white man's grave (plural white men's graves)

  1. (archaic) Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone.
    • [...]for, until some great revolution in nature or some great and gradual human exertion takes place, it must ever prove the "white man's grave," of which we have many lamentable proofs in the deaths of so many worthy and adventurous spirits who have fallen victims to research and humanity—Park...1847, William Whitaker Shreeve, Sierra Leone: the principal British Colony on the Western Coast of Africa, Simmonds, page 2

Questions about white men's graves

What is white men's graves the plural of?
White men's graves is the plural of white man's grave.

Words near white men's graves in the dictionary

  1. white matter
  2. white meat
  3. white meats
  4. white men
  5. white men's grave
  6. white men's graves
  7. white metal
  8. white metals
  9. White Miao
  10. white micrathena
  11. white millet

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