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White Man

Definition: White Man

White Man

Noun

1. A man who is White.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms within Context: White Man

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Probity

Dignity; (repute); respectability, respectableness; adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton; white man.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: White Man

English words defined with "white man": Buckrahonkey, honkie, honkyParksRosa Parkssquaw manwhitey. (references)
Specialty definitions using "white man": HATCHETNegro. (references)

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Modern Usage: White Man

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That's a white man, with white problems (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh)

Well, my dad's always yelling about the white man keeping him down (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Always trying to shut the white man down (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav)

You don't drop that axe I'll blast you to hell as quick as I would a white man. (Cahill U.S. Marshal; writing credit: Harry Julian Fink)

Did you kill the white man who killed you (Dead Man; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch)

Lyrics

To set the white man free (Hymn 43; performing artist: Jethro Tull)

White man turns the corner, finds himself within a different world (Both Sides Of The Story; performing artist: Phil Collins)

Clever

Indian build small fire, stand real close. White man build big fire, stand way back. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Last White Man (1924)

White Man (1924)

Before the White Man Came (1920)

A White Man (1909)

Song Titles

White Man (performing artist: Steeleye Span)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: White Man

DomainTitle

Books

  • Crawling from the wreckage, or, The white man limping (reference)

  • My life as an Indian : the story of a red woman and a white man in the lodges of the Blackfeet (reference)

  • The White Man Dancing: Clifford Lawrence Meth (reference)

  • The Indian, or mound builder; the Indians, mode of living, manners, customs, dress, ornaments, etc., before the white man came to the country, together with a list of relics gathered by the author. (LC History-America-E) (reference)

  • White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White Supremacy (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: White Man

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Photo Album: White Man

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Pictured is a older white man in a pin-striped red shirt in an office setting. He is showing the effects of smoking, on a long-term basis. His skin is wrinkled and his complexion pallid. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A young, professional, white man sits at an office desk. In front of him is a professional publication, and he is holding a pair of eyeglasses. Behind him is a computer monitor. See artwork: OCC-11. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

The Freedman's Bureau! An agency to keep the Negro in idleness at the expense of the white man. Twice vetoed by the President, and made a lawy by Congress. Support Congress & you support the Negro Sustain the President & you protect the white man. Credit: Library of Congress.

White man demonstrating firearms to Indians. Credit: Library of Congress.

Somewhere in Central Africa. White man ju-ju be strong ju-ju, quoth the witch doctors as they glanced at the Uncle-Sammy-airplane-drivers-they-go-for-sky. And as quick as the wood carvers could whittle, and the dance masters dance, the ju-ju men appeared. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lo the poor Indian Oh why does the White man follow my path!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: White Man

AuthorQuotation

Sitting Bull

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: White Man

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

NEGRO, n. The piece de resistance in the American political problem. Representing him by the letter n, the Republicans begin to build their equation thus: "Let n = the white man." This, however, appears to give an unsatisfactory solution.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: White Man

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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176

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14

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109

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11

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86

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8

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82

white man sucking black cock

8

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69

ebony woman white man

6

asian woman and white man

62

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6

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61

black woman who want white man

6

black woman looking for white man

52

the indian and the white man

4

white man cant jump

31

single white man

3

gay white man

22

white man can t jump movie

3

naked white man

20

stupid white man by michael moore

2

black woman love white man

16

stupid white man book

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: White Man

Language Translations for "white man"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

witmens (European, white), blanke (European, white). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الرجل الأبيض. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

честен човек (brick, truepenny), белокож човек. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

白人 (white man and woman). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Europeaan (European), blanke (European). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

blankulo (European). (various references)

   

French

  

blanc (snow white, white, whiteness, whitey). (various references)

   

German

  

weiße (white, white woman, whiteness), Europäer (european, europeans). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lojális ember, hűséges ember, fehér fajú ember (white), fehér ember (honkie, ofay, white), derék ember (heart of oak, hearty, waist). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bianco (Bianco, blank, white). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itewhay anmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

homemdaraçabranca (European), branco (blank, European, hoar, hoary, paleface, virgin, white). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

порядочный человек (decent person). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

belac (whitey). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

wetiman (European), yobo (European). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dürüst kimse, beyaz adam (the man, whitey). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

umlungu (European). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: White Man

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Anser erythropus, Canarium euphyllum, Cemiostoma coffeella, Ceratovacuna lanigera, Leucoptera coffeella, Luscinia svecica cyanecula, Mniotilta varia, Motacilla alba alba, Oregma lanigera, Oregma lanigerum, Perileucoptera coffeella, Tripneustes ventricosus, Verbascum lychnititis L.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: White Man

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-m-n-t-w"

-1 letter: hematin.

-2 letters: anthem, etamin, haemin, hetman, inmate, tamein, wahine, whiten.

-3 letters: ament, amine, anime, entia, hemin, matin, meant, menta, minae, neath, tawie, tenia, thane, thein, thine, tinea, twain, twine, wheat, whine, white, witan, withe.

-4 letters: ahem, amen, amie, amin, anew, ante, anti, eath, emit, etna, haem, haen, haet, hame, hant, hate, heat, hent, hewn.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-m-n-t-w"
 

+4 letters: bantamweight, heartwarming, watermanship, whatshisname.

 

+5 letters: bantamweights, mouthwatering, watermanships.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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