PALEFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paleface mean? 

• PALEFACE (noun)
  The noun PALEFACE has 1 sense:

1. a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

  Familiarity information: PALEFACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALEFACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("paleface" is a kind of...):

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

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)