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white hope
white hopen.1. Someone who is expected to achieve great success, as for an organization.2. A white prizefighter believed by fans to have a chance of defeating a black champion.white hope n informal a person who is expected to bring honour or glory to his group, team, etc white′ hope′
n. 1. a person who is expected to accomplish much in a given field. 2. a white boxer at one time thought to have a good chance of winning a title held by a black. [1905–10] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | white hope - someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy"great white hopehope - someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory" |
white hope
white hopeThe person or thing expected to bring great success or fortune to someone or something. Since being signed last spring, many are talking about the rising football star as the team's white hope. While a great politician, I think it's wrong to see her as some white hope of the party.See also: hope, whitewhite hope a person expected to bring much success to a team or organization. The expression originated in the US in the 1910s as an epithet applied to a white heavyweight boxer who it was hoped (by whites) might beat Jack Johnson, the first black boxer to hold the world heavyweight title ( 1908–15 ). 1941 Lord Berners Far from the Madding War He was a composer: the white hope (so a critic had described him) of English music. See also: hope, whitewhite hope
Synonyms for white hopenoun someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given fieldSynonymsRelated Words |