white mann.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪt man/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural white men;

Forms: see white adj. and n. and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + man n.¹With sense 3 compare white adj. 5c and perhaps also white adj. 7a.

†1. A person (esp. a man) wearing white clothing; spec. a man belonging to an ecclesiastical order distinguished by the wearing of a white habit. Cf. white adj. 1c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing

white manOE

greenkin1601

scarleteer1637

scarlet1827

greenshirt1837

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun]

songereOE

childOE

clergionc1325

choristerc1360

chanterc1384

quirera1425

choirman1488

singing man1527

clerk1549

chorista1552

songman1599

singing boy1666

sing-man1691

white boy1691

white man1691

choirist1773

secular1786

chorister-boy1817

choirboy1843

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Hatton 115) xxi. 201 Binnan þam weallum wæron ungerime meniu hwittra manna [lOE Vesp. D.xiv. hwittre manna; L. hominum albatorum] on mycelre blisse.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xxxvii. 318 Þær wæron þa ænlicostan mædwa.., þær wæron þa gemetinga & gesomnunga hwittra manna [L. albatorum hominum].

1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle lvi. sig. N.i^v The whyte man [Fr. l'homme blanc] made hym for to mounte vpon his hors.

1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 32 The Organs set up with a ding, The White-men roar, and White-Boys sing.

1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xix. 216 Of the Order of the White Men. In the year 1399.., a certain Priest, came down from the Alpes into Italy.., Cloathed all in White.

2. A light-skinned person or man, esp. a person of European origin or descent; a Caucasian. Also (chiefly with the): white people collectively. Cf. white adj. 5.In quot. c1475: (perhaps) fair haired.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]

white mana1398

Christian1622

European1666

white-face1684

long knife1784

buckra1794

sahib1796

white-skin1803

whitey1811

Pakeha1817

papalagi1817

paleface1823

whitefellow1826

Abelungu1836

haole1843

gringo1849

lightiea1855

umlungu1859

mzungu1860

heaven-burster1861

ladino1877

mooniasc1880

Conchy Joe1888

béké1889

ofay1899

ridge runner1904

Ngati Pakeha1905

kelch1912

pink1913

leucoderm1924

fay1927

Mr Charlie1928

pinkie1935

devil1938

wonk1938

oaf1941

grey1943

paddy1945

Caucasoid1956

Jumble1957

Caucasian1958

white boy1958

pinko-grey1964

honky1967

toubab1976

palagi1977

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. ii. 136 And so in hote londes comeþ forþ blake men and browne, as among þe Moores, in coolde lond white men [L. albi], as among þe Sclaues.

c1475 Bk. Physiognomy (Cambr.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Whit A fforheede swythe streit... In a white man..betokeneth a ffole, and unstedeffaste... In a dun man it betokeneth a ffull liberall man.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 161 The Ethiopian thincketh the blacke colour to be fayrer then the white: And the white man [L. candidus] thinketh otherwise.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 207 The one of them was a white man, the other was ruddish.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 270 They resemble the similitude of a tanie or a white man.

1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 12 The Inhabitants [of Tetuan] came originally from the province of Andalucia in Spain... They are White-men, pretty well Civiliz'd.

1741 E. Dixon Sufferings of Lord James Hay 8 Feb. in Mariner's Mirror (1970) 56 322 The Buckeraw Men (which is white Men) was cutting down the Country.

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 96 The centinels..perceiving that I was a whiteman, ventured to hail me.

1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 12 Dec. in Winter in West (1835) I. 166 We white men have been spoiled by education.

1885 Amer. Missionary Aug. 229 One white man was found..who spoke Apache.

1935 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 40 572 The white man is losing ground... The native does not invariably treat the white man with respect.

1968 Ebony Dec. 43 The white man has influenced the black man..but the black man has had a comparable influence on the white man.

2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole i. 120 We blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men and America.

3. slang (originally U.S.). A man of honourable character. Now somewhat rare and generally regarded as offensive. Cf. white adj. 5c.

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society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > man

perfect gentleman1856

white man1883

1883 Cent. Mag. 26 913/1 You've behaved to me like a white man from the start.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 5 Tricoupis the President is a white man—an extremely white man.

1936 ‘F. Gerald’ Millionaire in Memories iv. 114 I shouldn't have stayed as long as I did if I hadn't met two ‘white men’—the definition of a ‘white man’ in this case being ‘a decent soul’.

Compounds

white man's burden n. (with the) the task, believed by white people, esp. white colonizers, to be incumbent upon them, of imposing Western values and culture on the non-white inhabitants of a country, esp. a (former) European colony.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of white races

burdenc971

white man's burden1865

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > responsibility of white people for other races

white man's burden1865

1865 Southern Christian Advocate 21 Sept. 2/1 Addition to the general wealth begins and not only is the white man's burden removed, but the other race begins to promote the material prosperity of the country.

1899 R. Kipling White Man's Burden in McClure's Mag. Feb. 291 Take up the White Man's burden—Ye dare not stoop to less.

1922 C. E. M. Joad Common-sense Theol. 135 Little nationalised Jingoes who are ready enough to adopt any parrot cry such as ‘The White Man's Burden’, or ‘The Kultur of the Fatherland’.

1966 Observer 17 Apr. 10/6 In the seventies we can and should lay down the White Man's Burden with a clear conscience.

2010 G. Murphy Shadowing White Man's Burden 19 The image of an African American shouldering the white man's burden spotlights the inadequacy of racial narratives of empire.

white man's grave n. now historical (with the) a name given to Sierra Leone, or to equatorial West Africa in general, owing to the high mortality rate among white colonizers of the region.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] > West Africa

Slave Coast1778

white man's grave1836

The Land of the Shadow of Death1897

1817 W. W. Shreeve Sierra Leone 2 It must ever prove the ‘white man's grave’, of which we have many lamentable proofs in the deaths of so many worthy and adventurous spirits..all fallen through ferocity, treachery, or climate.]

1836 F. H. Rankin White Man's Grave I. p. viii [Sierra Leone] bears the terrific and poetic title of the ‘White Man's Grave’.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 2 My friends..said, ‘Oh, you can't possibly go there; that's where Sierra Leone is, the white man's grave, you know.’

1924 F. Maurice & G. Arthur Life Ld. Wolseley iv. 65 The Gold Coast had well earned the name of ‘The White Man's Grave’.

1952 P. Atkey Juniper Rock xiv. 127 I was a bride at eighteen... I went out to the white man's grave.

1998 D. MacIntosh (title) Travels in the White Man's Grave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	white man
释义	white mann. Brit. /ˈwʌɪt man/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural white men; Forms: see white adj. and n. and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + man n.¹With sense 3 compare white adj. 5c and perhaps also white adj. 7a. †1. A person (esp. a man) wearing white clothing; spec. a man belonging to an ecclesiastical order distinguished by the wearing of a white habit. Cf. white adj. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing white manOE greenkin1601 scarleteer1637 scarlet1827 greenshirt1837 society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] songereOE childOE clergionc1325 choristerc1360 chanterc1384 quirera1425 choirman1488 singing man1527 clerk1549 chorista1552 songman1599 singing boy1666 sing-man1691 white boy1691 white man1691 choirist1773 secular1786 chorister-boy1817 choirboy1843 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Hatton 115) xxi. 201 Binnan þam weallum wæron ungerime meniu hwittra manna [lOE Vesp. D.xiv. hwittre manna; L. hominum albatorum] on mycelre blisse. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xxxvii. 318 Þær wæron þa ænlicostan mædwa.., þær wæron þa gemetinga & gesomnunga hwittra manna [L. albatorum hominum]. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle lvi. sig. N.i^v The whyte man [Fr. l'homme blanc] made hym for to mounte vpon his hors. 1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 32 The Organs set up with a ding, The White-men roar, and White-Boys sing. 1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xix. 216 Of the Order of the White Men. In the year 1399.., a certain Priest, came down from the Alpes into Italy.., Cloathed all in White. 2. A light-skinned person or man, esp. a person of European origin or descent; a Caucasian. Also (chiefly with the): white people collectively. Cf. white adj. 5.In quot. c1475: (perhaps) fair haired. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. ii. 136 And so in hote londes comeþ forþ blake men and browne, as among þe Moores, in coolde lond white men [L. albi], as among þe Sclaues. c1475 Bk. Physiognomy (Cambr.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Whit A fforheede swythe streit... In a white man..betokeneth a ffole, and unstedeffaste... In a dun man it betokeneth a ffull liberall man. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 161 The Ethiopian thincketh the blacke colour to be fayrer then the white: And the white man [L. candidus] thinketh otherwise. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 207 The one of them was a white man, the other was ruddish. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 270 They resemble the similitude of a tanie or a white man. 1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 12 The Inhabitants [of Tetuan] came originally from the province of Andalucia in Spain... They are White-men, pretty well Civiliz'd. 1741 E. Dixon Sufferings of Lord James Hay 8 Feb. in Mariner's Mirror (1970) 56 322 The Buckeraw Men (which is white Men) was cutting down the Country. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 96 The centinels..perceiving that I was a whiteman, ventured to hail me. 1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 12 Dec. in Winter in West (1835) I. 166 We white men have been spoiled by education. 1885 Amer. Missionary Aug. 229 One white man was found..who spoke Apache. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 40 572 The white man is losing ground... The native does not invariably treat the white man with respect. 1968 Ebony Dec. 43 The white man has influenced the black man..but the black man has had a comparable influence on the white man. 2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole i. 120 We blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men and America. 3. slang (originally U.S.). A man of honourable character. Now somewhat rare and generally regarded as offensive. Cf. white adj. 5c. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > man perfect gentleman1856 white man1883 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 913/1 You've behaved to me like a white man from the start. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 5 Tricoupis the President is a white man—an extremely white man. 1936 ‘F. Gerald’ Millionaire in Memories iv. 114 I shouldn't have stayed as long as I did if I hadn't met two ‘white men’—the definition of a ‘white man’ in this case being ‘a decent soul’. Compounds white man's burden n. (with the) the task, believed by white people, esp. white colonizers, to be incumbent upon them, of imposing Western values and culture on the non-white inhabitants of a country, esp. a (former) European colony. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of white races burdenc971 white man's burden1865 society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > responsibility of white people for other races white man's burden1865 1865 Southern Christian Advocate 21 Sept. 2/1 Addition to the general wealth begins and not only is the white man's burden removed, but the other race begins to promote the material prosperity of the country. 1899 R. Kipling White Man's Burden in McClure's Mag. Feb. 291 Take up the White Man's burden—Ye dare not stoop to less. 1922 C. E. M. Joad Common-sense Theol. 135 Little nationalised Jingoes who are ready enough to adopt any parrot cry such as ‘The White Man's Burden’, or ‘The Kultur of the Fatherland’. 1966 Observer 17 Apr. 10/6 In the seventies we can and should lay down the White Man's Burden with a clear conscience. 2010 G. Murphy Shadowing White Man's Burden 19 The image of an African American shouldering the white man's burden spotlights the inadequacy of racial narratives of empire. white man's grave n. now historical (with the) a name given to Sierra Leone, or to equatorial West Africa in general, owing to the high mortality rate among white colonizers of the region. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [noun] > West Africa Slave Coast1778 white man's grave1836 The Land of the Shadow of Death1897 1817 W. W. Shreeve Sierra Leone 2 It must ever prove the ‘white man's grave’, of which we have many lamentable proofs in the deaths of so many worthy and adventurous spirits..all fallen through ferocity, treachery, or climate.] 1836 F. H. Rankin White Man's Grave I. p. viii [Sierra Leone] bears the terrific and poetic title of the ‘White Man's Grave’. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 2 My friends..said, ‘Oh, you can't possibly go there; that's where Sierra Leone is, the white man's grave, you know.’ 1924 F. Maurice & G. Arthur Life Ld. Wolseley iv. 65 The Gold Coast had well earned the name of ‘The White Man's Grave’. 1952 P. Atkey Juniper Rock xiv. 127 I was a bride at eighteen... I went out to the white man's grave. 1998 D. MacIntosh (title) Travels in the White Man's Grave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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