mean white en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, ethnic, obsolete, slur, used by black slaves) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
A mean white would be acutely reminded of his own shabby status upon encountering a slave like Northup, […]
2019, William L. Andrews, Slavery and Class in the American South, page 186:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mean whites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |