White

Other forms: Whites

Definitions of White

1. noun

   a member of the Caucasoid race
   synonyms: Caucasian, White person

   types:

   Aryan

   (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)

   Circassian

   a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia

   paleface

   (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)

   Semite

   a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa

   Cassite, Kassite

   a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC

   Elamite

   a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC

   white man

   a man who is White

   white woman

   a woman who is White

   poor white trash, white trash

   (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished

   WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

   a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

   Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhaz, Abkhazian

   a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea

   Babylonian

   an inhabitant of ancient Babylon

   Chaldaean, Chaldean, Chaldee

   an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

   Assyrian

   an inhabitant of ancient Assyria

   Phoenician

   a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.

   Arab, Arabian

   a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

   Aramaean, Aramean

   a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC

   Canaanite

   a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites

   good ol' boy, good old boy, good ole boy

   a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group

   squaw man

   a white man married to a North American Indian woman

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. noun

   a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
   synonyms: White River

   example of:

   river

   a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
3. noun

   United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
   synonyms: Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White

   example of:

   educator, pedagog, pedagogue

   someone who educates young people
4. noun

   United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
   synonyms: Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White

   example of:

   chief justice

   the judge who presides over a supreme court
5. noun

   United States architect (1853-1906)
   synonyms: Stanford White

   example of:

   architect, designer

   someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
6. noun

   United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
   synonyms: E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White

   example of:

   author, writer

   a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
7. noun

   Australian writer (1912-1990)
   synonyms: Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White

   example of:

   author, writer

   a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
8. noun

   United States political journalist (1915-1986)
   synonyms: T. H. White, Theodore Harold White

   example of:

   journalist

   a writer for newspapers and magazines