单词 | white minority |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite minority white minority n. a group of white people within a larger, non-white population; esp. such a group exercising political and social control over a non-white majority; in later use frequently attributive.Cf. minority rule n., minority government n. at minority n. and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1820 Eclectic Rev. July 30 Would so long a time elapse before the white minority of the Northern Sea must seek the protection of their European neighbours against the black majority of the torrid zone? 1898 Nation 14 July 23/2 A..bill, under which the negro majorities in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina..were to be assured by the federal Government the right to rule the white minorities. 1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 753 It tells the story of the struggle of the black majority with the white minority for supremacy. 1970 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 15/2 The white minority states of southern Africa. 2014 S. Dubow Apartheid ix. 266 No one could..doubt that the epoch of white minority power in South Africa was very nearly over. < as lemmas |
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