单词 | mean white |
释义 | > as lemmasmean white mean white n. derogatory (chiefly U.S.) a poor and landless Southern white; a member of a group of white people regarded as socially inferior; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 311 There are a few, called by the slaves ‘mean whites’, signifying whites who work with the hands. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess iv. 30 You must have a gentleman. Your mean white will never get anything out of a Kafir. 1960 R. K. Webb Harriet Martineau xi. 323 An aristocracy who lorded it over slaves and ‘mean whites’. < as lemmas |
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