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yellow men

yellow men is the plural of yellow man.

Meaning of yellow man

Noun

yellow man (plural yellow men)

  1. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or a man with Asian heritage
    • Won Chou merely relapsed into an attitude of studious melancholy, extremely trying to Mr. Fank's conception of the yellow man's status.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
  2. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) Asian people collectively; Asian culture.
    • Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.1984, Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”

Questions about yellow men

What is yellow men the plural of?
Yellow men is the plural of yellow man.

Words near yellow men in the dictionary

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  8. yellow metal
  9. yellow mombin
  10. yellow mombins
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