white man
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- noun
- 300 years ago, the white man moved across the North American Continent.
- percent of white men
- older white men
- white men and women
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Watch on YouTubeWhy would I just bring an old white man to work?
- Why would I just bring an old white man to work?
- They would never have done that to a white man, Never.
- We can't have new young white men as presenters.
- The average lifespan of white men has gone down.
- They want women to support men and they want white men to be in power.
- Yes, a nation built on the belief that powerful white men face no consequences whatsoever.
- You've got all the Asians converting the weak white men to Muslim.
- And there are studies that show white men think that there is.
Examples
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President Kennedy was a white man.
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These are more white men and women with them.
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Why would I just bring an old white man to work?
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And there are studies that show white men think that there is.
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Or should this read, "All white men are created equal"?
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Is the era of white men is over?
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A couple I know stands on their porch: a white man and a black woman.
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The average lifespan of white men has gone down.
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In the soil of America, the white man planted the seeds of hate.
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As a white man, he often reflects on the advantages he has experienced in society.
Synonyms
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A man or boy with light skin that people call white
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A person with light skin whose family comes from Europe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man who belongs to the White (Caucasian) ethnic group' is directly and compositionally derived from 'white' (light-skinned / of European descent) modifying 'man' (an adult male). This simple adjective + noun structure is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
White man started as a simple description: a white 'light-skinned' man. People used the word 'white' to group people who had light skin, so today white man means a man from that group.