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whitecappers

whitecappers is the plural of whitecapper.

Meaning of whitecapper

Noun

whitecapper (plural whitecappers)

  1. (US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”).
    • Deputy United States Marshal H. B. Holman returned here on the Kansas City Southern Railroad, to which place he was called by a message from the manager of a large fruit-growing company, asking protection from whitecappers.1905 April 12, “Mexican Laborers Warned to Leave: Whitecappers Posted Warnings on Doors of Cabins Occupied by the Mexicans Near Horatio”, in Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, via...
    Synonyms:
    whitecap

Questions about whitecappers

What is whitecappers the plural of?
Whitecappers is the plural of whitecapper.

Words near whitecappers in the dictionary

  1. Whitebridge
  2. Whitebrook
  3. whitecap
  4. whitecapped
  5. whitecapper
  6. whitecappers
  7. whitecapping
  8. whitecaps
  9. Whitecastle
  10. whitecedar
  11. whitecedars

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