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whitefolk

whitefolk noun: white people.

Noun

whitefolk pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) White people.
    • Coordinate term: blackfolk
    • Francine’s stolid, accommodating husband Albert (Damon Gupton) completes the picture, and soon we’re in purgatory, with a passel of well-meaning whitefolk raucously debating the limits of liberty (vis a vis the superseding priority of property value) as the black folks stand quietly by, biting...2012 April 20, Scott Brown, “Theater Review: Clybourne Park Is a Mighty Racial Cage Match”, in Vulture

Origin of whitefolk

From white + folk.

Questions about whitefolk

What does whitefolk mean?
Whitefolk means white people.
What part of speech is whitefolk?
Whitefolk is a noun.

Words near whitefolk in the dictionary

  1. whitefishery
  2. whitefishes
  3. whiteflaw
  4. whiteflies
  5. whitefly
  6. whitefolk
  7. Whitefoord
  8. Whitefoot
  9. Whiteford
  10. Whitefords
  11. Whitefriar

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