whitefella
whitefella noun: a white person (Caucasian person), especially white settler in Australia, especially a man (especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian).
Noun
whitefella (plural whitefellas)
- A white person (Caucasian person), especially white settler in Australia, especially a man (especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian).
- The learning isn′t written on paper as whitefellas′ knowledge is. We carry it instead in our heads and we′re talking from our hearts, for the land. You fellas, whitefellas, put us in the back all the time, like we′ve got no language for the land. But we′ve got the true story for the land.2003, transcript, in Peter McConchie (recorder), Elders: Wisdom from Australia′s Indigenous Leaders, page 18
- Jandamarra was getting to know two things here. He was getting to know the magic of his own country and at the same time getting to know the whitefellas, and he was very good at knocking around with the whitefellas.2008, Howard Pedersen, metatextual remark, in Steve Kinnane, 5: Marda Marda: Two Bloods: Blood History, Rachel Perkins, Marcia Langton (editors), First Australians: An Illustrated History, page 148
Examples of whitefella in a sentence
- This was clearly a whitefellas′ appropriation of blackfellas′ dreaming.2008, Michael Cohen, Paul Dwyer, Laura Ginters, “Performing “Sorry Business”: Reconciliation and Redressive Action”, in Graham St. John...
- Not like my old man, and he's the whitefella.’2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, published 2009, page 33:
Synonyms of whitefella
Forms of whitefella
| plural | whitefellas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | whitefeller |
| alternative form | whitefellow |
| alternative form | whitefulla |
Origin of whitefella
From white + fella.
Questions about whitefella
- What does whitefella mean?
- Whitefella means a white person (Caucasian person), especially white settler in Australia, especially a man (especially as opposed to an Aboriginal Australian).
- How do you use whitefella in a sentence?
- This was clearly a whitefellas′ appropriation of blackfellas′ dreaming.
- What part of speech is whitefella?
- Whitefella is a noun.
- What is the plural of whitefella?
- The plural of whitefella is whitefellas.
Words near whitefella in the dictionary
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