Dictionary

palefaced en · ADJ

Etymology

From paleface + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a pale face.
   • It was soon arranged that I should go with a palefaced youth who had a seat to spare in his tandem, while my friend accompanied our host. 1850, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 17, page 327:
   • By the side of the tired animal was a pale-faced man, who never once used his worn-out whip, but gave kindly words to his steed in the place of lashes. He was poorly dressed and looked wan and anxious. 1891, Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, Basil and Annette:
2. (ethnic, not-comparable, slur) Of a paleface, i.e., a white person, a person of European descent.

Relateds

paleface

Translations (2)

mk бле́долик (Translations) · pl bladolicy (Translations)