whitefellas
whitefellas is the plural of whitefella.
Meaning of whitefella
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
Questions about whitefellas
- What is whitefellas the plural of?
- Whitefellas is the plural of whitefella.
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