pale-face

A form of paleface — A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.

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Meanings

nounpale-face (plural pale-faces)

plural pale-faces

  1. alternativeAlternative form of paleface.

    Dere is Great Wicked Spirit, too... Heart grow hard. Great pleasure was to kill pale-face. Dat feeling last, Blossom, till I see you. Feel like fader to you, and don't want your scalp... Still want all udder pale-face scalp. Want Bourdon scalp much as any.

    1848, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XXVIII, in The Bee-Hunter, or, The Oak Openings
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APA

pale-face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale-face

MLA

“pale-face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale-face. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pale-face,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pale-face.

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