white papern.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈpeɪpə/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈpeɪpər/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and paper n. and adj.

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

Etymology: < white adj. + paper n.

a. Paper of a white colour. Also figurative.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific colour

white paper1446

brown1712

whitey-brown1761

cream-laid1858

1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 (MED) De j reme white pauper, spendable, xij d.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. ciij^v A white paper vnwritten, vpon the which yow may..wryte what yow lyste.

1569 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1920) 12th Ser. VII. 184/2 ij quares of whyte paper.

1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. ii. 72 Bake them in a soft ouen vpon white Papers.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2125/4 Linen Rags, and other Materials for making of White Paper.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3741/4 A painted Fan..turned up in a white Paper.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 353 Mr. Longman has already furnish'd me with a Vellum-book of all white Paper.

1772 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 192/1 She's fair White Paper, an unsully'd sheet.

1836 Fraser's Mag. July 122 According to Locke's theory of ideas, we are to consider the human mind as a piece of blank paper. Does the philosopher here mean brown paper, whity-brown paper, or white paper, according to the coarseness of men's minds; or does he mean white paper only?

1898 Engin. Mag. 16 46 The voucher form is printed on white paper for the office, and on tinted green paper for the agents.

1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xi. 371/2 The drawing is prepared with pen and black ink upon white paper of good quality.

1961 W. A. Coles & H. Hope Reed Archit. in Amer. 265 There is no greater problem in this world than to face a sheet of blank white paper.

2002 L. Coady Strange Heaven viii. 109 Thirteen-year-olds sat..cutting holes into folded pieces of white paper for snowflake decorations.

b. Printing. A type of blank white-coloured paper; spec. such paper which is printed on one side, before the reverse is printed. Now rare (historical in later use).

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society > communication > printing > paper > [noun]

paper1389

printing paper1593

white paper1683

print paper1858

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun]

paper1341

writing paper1477

white paper1683

hand-paper1837

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 394 Although the first Form be Printed off, yet Press-men..call that Heap White-Paper, till the Re[i]teration be Printed.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 360 When he worked White Paper, he caught the sheet by the upper further corner.

1859 Stationers' Handbk. 27 Printing papers, sometimes spoken of in a trade sense, as ‘White papers’.

1972 P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 132 The sixteenth-century account of Le Roy suggests that the heap was normally printed as white paper in the morning, turned at the midday break, and perfected in the afternoon.

a. Chiefly British. Usually with capital initials. An official document printed on white paper; spec. a parliamentary consultation paper or Command Paper outlining proposals for future policy or legislation on a particular subject. Cf. Green Paper n. at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(a).

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > policy document

white paper1884

policy document1935

Green Paper1967

1884 York Herald 27 Dec. 7/1 A Parliamentary white paper, issued on Saturday, shows that the value of yarns exported from the United Kingdom to France was £18,808,832.

1899 Daily News 13 Mar. 5/1 An interesting White Paper has been published..giving reports from our Ambassadors and Consular officers abroad on the telephone services in the countries to which they are attached.

1934 Rotarian May 34/2 There is an independent audit of accounts, the financial statement being presented to Parliament in the form of a White Paper.

1967 Listener 8 June 739/2 I first hastened to read President Nyerere's ‘White Paper’ on education.

2012 Guardian 23 May (G2 section) 3/4 ‘Crimbo’ is short for ‘Criminal Behaviour Order’, or CBO..as outlined in a criminal justice white paper published yesterday.

b. British. With capital initials. An Order Paper of the House of Commons on which the day's business is entered (in contrast to amendments and motions for a future day which are mostly printed on blue paper). rare.

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society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document printed on white paper

white paper1906

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > order paper in Commons

order paper1876

white paper1906

1906 Rep. Select Comm. Official Publ. 15/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 279) XI. 95 With regard to the White Paper, which is printed, and which is handed to Members with the notices of the day, that is printed from the same type, I presume, as the Blue Paper, which is sent to us in the morning?

1924 H. B. Lees-Smith Guide to Parl. & Official Papers ii. 19 Corrections in the Blue Paper, such as putting amendments to Bills in their right order, are made during the morning and sent to the printer in time for the White Paper.

Compounds

White Paper candidate n. British Navy slang a candidate suitable for a temporary Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve commission. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > reserve

rocky1919

White Paper candidate1944

1944 G. Winn Home from Sea i. 55 I was no longer one of them. Not completely so. I was a White Paper candidate.

1950 J. L. Kerr & D. James Wavy Navy 255 These ratings had been earmarked as suitable ‘White Paper’ candidates by their Commanding Officers and recommended to the Admiralty.

1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 132/2 White Paper candidate, candidate for a temporary (wartime) commission in the RNVR. The White Paper was passed in Parliament for a scheme of promotion for suitable ratings who had served on the lower deck for at least three months in a ship at sea in time of war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white paper
释义	white papern. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈpeɪpə/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈpeɪpər/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and paper n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., paper n. Etymology: < white adj. + paper n. 1. a. Paper of a white colour. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific colour white paper1446 brown1712 whitey-brown1761 cream-laid1858 1446 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 102 (MED) De j reme white pauper, spendable, xij d. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. ciij^v A white paper vnwritten, vpon the which yow may..wryte what yow lyste. 1569 Aldeburgh Rec. in Notes & Queries (1920) 12th Ser. VII. 184/2 ij quares of whyte paper. 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. ii. 72 Bake them in a soft ouen vpon white Papers. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2125/4 Linen Rags, and other Materials for making of White Paper. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3741/4 A painted Fan..turned up in a white Paper. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 353 Mr. Longman has already furnish'd me with a Vellum-book of all white Paper. 1772 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 192/1 She's fair White Paper, an unsully'd sheet. 1836 Fraser's Mag. July 122 According to Locke's theory of ideas, we are to consider the human mind as a piece of blank paper. Does the philosopher here mean brown paper, whity-brown paper, or white paper, according to the coarseness of men's minds; or does he mean white paper only? 1898 Engin. Mag. 16 46 The voucher form is printed on white paper for the office, and on tinted green paper for the agents. 1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xi. 371/2 The drawing is prepared with pen and black ink upon white paper of good quality. 1961 W. A. Coles & H. Hope Reed Archit. in Amer. 265 There is no greater problem in this world than to face a sheet of blank white paper. 2002 L. Coady Strange Heaven viii. 109 Thirteen-year-olds sat..cutting holes into folded pieces of white paper for snowflake decorations. b. Printing. A type of blank white-coloured paper; spec. such paper which is printed on one side, before the reverse is printed. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] paper1389 printing paper1593 white paper1683 print paper1858 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] paper1341 writing paper1477 white paper1683 hand-paper1837 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 394 Although the first Form be Printed off, yet Press-men..call that Heap White-Paper, till the Re[i]teration be Printed. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 360 When he worked White Paper, he caught the sheet by the upper further corner. 1859 Stationers' Handbk. 27 Printing papers, sometimes spoken of in a trade sense, as ‘White papers’. 1972 P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 132 The sixteenth-century account of Le Roy suggests that the heap was normally printed as white paper in the morning, turned at the midday break, and perfected in the afternoon. 2. a. Chiefly British. Usually with capital initials. An official document printed on white paper; spec. a parliamentary consultation paper or Command Paper outlining proposals for future policy or legislation on a particular subject. Cf. Green Paper n. at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(a). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > policy document white paper1884 policy document1935 Green Paper1967 1884 York Herald 27 Dec. 7/1 A Parliamentary white paper, issued on Saturday, shows that the value of yarns exported from the United Kingdom to France was £18,808,832. 1899 Daily News 13 Mar. 5/1 An interesting White Paper has been published..giving reports from our Ambassadors and Consular officers abroad on the telephone services in the countries to which they are attached. 1934 Rotarian May 34/2 There is an independent audit of accounts, the financial statement being presented to Parliament in the form of a White Paper. 1967 Listener 8 June 739/2 I first hastened to read President Nyerere's ‘White Paper’ on education. 2012 Guardian 23 May (G2 section) 3/4 ‘Crimbo’ is short for ‘Criminal Behaviour Order’, or CBO..as outlined in a criminal justice white paper published yesterday. b. British. With capital initials. An Order Paper of the House of Commons on which the day's business is entered (in contrast to amendments and motions for a future day which are mostly printed on blue paper). rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document printed on white paper white paper1906 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > order paper in Commons order paper1876 white paper1906 1906 Rep. Select Comm. Official Publ. 15/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 279) XI. 95 With regard to the White Paper, which is printed, and which is handed to Members with the notices of the day, that is printed from the same type, I presume, as the Blue Paper, which is sent to us in the morning? 1924 H. B. Lees-Smith Guide to Parl. & Official Papers ii. 19 Corrections in the Blue Paper, such as putting amendments to Bills in their right order, are made during the morning and sent to the printer in time for the White Paper. Compounds White Paper candidate n. British Navy slang a candidate suitable for a temporary Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve commission. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > reserve rocky1919 White Paper candidate1944 1944 G. Winn Home from Sea i. 55 I was no longer one of them. Not completely so. I was a White Paper candidate. 1950 J. L. Kerr & D. James Wavy Navy 255 These ratings had been earmarked as suitable ‘White Paper’ candidates by their Commanding Officers and recommended to the Admiralty. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 132/2 White Paper candidate, candidate for a temporary (wartime) commission in the RNVR. The White Paper was passed in Parliament for a scheme of promotion for suitable ratings who had served on the lower deck for at least three months in a ship at sea in time of war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1446
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