POOR WHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poor white mean? 

• POOR WHITE (noun)
  The noun POOR WHITE has 1 sense:

1. an offensive term for White people who are impoverished

  Familiarity information: POOR WHITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POOR WHITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An offensive term for White people who are impoverished

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

poor white; poor white trash; white trash

Hypernyms ("poor white" is a kind of...):

Caucasian; White; white person (a member of the Caucasoid race)