White
1. a member of the Caucasoid race (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
White person, Caucasian
• Derivationally related forms:
Caucasian (for: Caucasian), white
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
Aryan, Circassian, paleface, Semite, Kassite,
Cassite, Elamite, white man, white woman, white trash, poor white trash,
whitey, honky, honkey, honkie, WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• Member Holonyms:
White race, White people, Caucasoid race, Caucasian race
2. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft;
noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
• Syn:
Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
• Instance Hypernyms:
chief justice
3. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
• Syn:
E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
• Instance Hypernyms:
writer, author
4. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
• Syn:
Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
• Instance Hypernyms:
educator, pedagogue, pedagog
5. United States political journalist (1915-1986)
• Syn:
T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
• Instance Hypernyms:
journalist
6. United States architect (1853-1906)
• Syn:
Stanford White
• Instance Hypernyms:
architect, designer
7. Australian writer (1912-1990)
• Syn:
Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White
• Instance Hypernyms:
writer, author
8. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
• Syn:
White River
• Instance Hypernyms:
river
• Part Holonyms:
Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR, Missouri, Show Me State, MO
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