whitecoat

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noun

A new-born baby harp or grey seal before its fur becomes grey, normally around 12 days old.

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Meanings

nounwhitecoat (plural whitecoats)

plural whitecoats

  1. A new-born baby harp or grey seal before its fur becomes grey, normally around 12 days old.
  2. derogatoryA laboratory scientist.

    If the whitecoats expected their Victorian lab rat to appreciate the Big Picture and be grateful for the sake of science and the expansion of knowledge, they were very much disappointed. They were so arrogant, so oblivious...

    2008, James Axler, Plague Lords, page 20

Origin

From white + coat.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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