单词 | local white |
释义 | > as lemmaslocal white local white n. Caribbean (originally) a white colonist or settler in the Caribbean; (later) a descendent of these people; a Caribbean person of European or mixed ancestry, having a light or fair complexion. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers pilgrim1630 originals1703 old settler1744 Big Knife1750 out-settler1755 provincial1756 Boer1776 freeman1791 Pilgrim Fathers1799 back-settler1809 undertaker1819 oecist1846 Argonaut1848 Canterbury pilgrim1850 poblador1850 shagroon1851 forty-niner1853 planter1858 inside squatter1881 local white1888 Minyan1928 1888 C. S. Salmon Caribbean Confederation iv. 27 The opinions of the local whites on the form of government they are under are easy enough to get at; they cry them from the house tops. 1961 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Nov. 7/4 Of the thousands who attended the Re-Opening of Nelson's Dockyard there was only a sprinkling of Europeans..and a few..local whites, descendants of the old settlers of the island. 2007 Tribune (Bahamas) 31 May 4/2 The red flags..are on the cars of the local conchy joes, the name by which the local whites are called. < as lemmas |
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