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whitefellas

whitefellas is the plural of whitefella.

Meaning of whitefella

Noun

whitefella (plural whitefellas)

  1. (chiefly Australian Aboriginal) 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
    Synonyms:
    balanda, gubbah, migaloo

Questions about whitefellas

What is whitefellas the plural of?
Whitefellas is the plural of whitefella.

Words near whitefellas in the dictionary

  1. Whiteds
  2. whiteface
  3. whitefaced
  4. whitefaces
  5. whitefella
  6. whitefellas
  7. whitefeller
  8. whitefellers
  9. whitefellow
  10. whitefellows
  11. Whitefield

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