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Definition of Paleface
1. Noun. (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians).
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: Caucasian, White, White Person
Definition of Paleface
1. n. A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
Definition of Paleface
1. Noun. (pejorative politically incorrect) A white man of European descent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paleface
1. a white person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleface
Literary usage of Paleface
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"In the arrogance of his birthright and in derision, the Indian called the white
man "paleface," after testing his fallibility. The term "redskin" was to the ..."
2. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-called Dead: With Their Own by Carl Gustaf Helleberg (1883)
"Big paleface chief say to blue-coat warriors, go and kill redface and make them
come back, and let paleface agent swindle much more. Nowthis is all wrong, ..."
3. Adventures with Indians by Philip Verrill Mighels (1908)
""PUNK" ON THE RESERVATION How a Kiowa Boy Turned "paleface" JHE band of Kiowas
commanded 'by the great war chief Kicking > Mule had kept away from the i ..."
4. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-called Dead: With Their Own by Carl Gustaf Helleberg (1882)
"Redface only handful, paleface mighty—like the leaves on trees. If redface mighty
and paleface weak, how then you like it ? You then like redface be honest ..."
5. Revolutionary Reader: Reminiscences and Indian Legends by Sophie Lee Foster (1913)
"A snake has been coiled in the shade and you are running into his open mouth,
deceived by the double- tongue of the paleface chief (McIntosh), ..."
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