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whitefeller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From white + feller.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of whitefella
   alt of whitefella
   • "Me like my country — no much too hot, no much too cold. By and bye, white fellow come — soldier-man come. White fellow say, this our land, that our land — ALL country our land. Black fellow say no! my country no white fellow's country, and black fellow take spear. 1842 February 16, The Inquirer, Perth, page 5, column 2:
   • The whitefellers did not let anyone but whitefellers learn their ways properly, he knew that now. 1959, Donald Stuart, Yandy, page 11:
   • In the distance the whitefeller lights of Bluebush cast an ugly orange pallor into the sky. Gypsy was a Kantulyu woman, grown to adulthood in the desert out west. Hadn′t seen a whitefeller until she was in her twenties. 2010, Adrian Hyland, Gunshot Road, page 4:
   • In native title matters, there is a lot of talk about litigation, mediation, negotiation and questions about whitefeller law.
   • Even though they did not work for whites, almost every aboriginal desired a white-feller name. Apparently it helped take away the taint of munjon. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 96:
   • ‘No use,’ some friends said, miserably. ‘We can′t take them down until sunset, that is whitefeller law.’ 1992, Patricia Shaw, The Feather and the Stone, published 2011, unnumbered page:

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