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yellowman

yellowman is the alternative form 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.”

Proper noun capitalized: Yellowman

Yellowman (plural Yellowmans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of yellowman

Noun
pluralyellowmen
Proper noun
pluralYellowmans

Questions about yellowman

What does yellowman mean?
Yellowman means a surname.
What is yellowman the alternative form of?
Yellowman is the alternative form of yellow man.
What part of speech is yellowman?
Yellowman is a proper noun.

Words near yellowman in the dictionary

  1. yellowline arrow crabs
  2. yellowlined
  3. yellowlines
  4. yellowlining
  5. yellowly
  6. yellowman
  7. yellowmargin triggerfish
  8. yellowmargin triggerfishes
  9. yellowmen
  10. yellowmouth
  11. yellownape

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