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单词 whitefellow
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whitefellown.

Brit. /ˈwʌɪtfɛləʊ/, /ˈwʌɪtfɛlə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌfɛloʊ/, /ˈ(h)waɪtˌfɛlə/, Australian English /ˈwɑetfeloʊ/, /ˈwɑetfelə/
Forms: 1800s– whitefella, 1800s– whitefeller, 1800s– whitefellow.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., fellow n.
Etymology: < white adj. + fellow n. Compare specific uses of pfella n. in pidgin, and also earlier blackfellow n.
Chiefly Australian.
Esp. in Australian Aboriginal usage: a white man. Frequently contrasted with blackfellow n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]
white mana1398
Christian1622
European1666
white-face1684
long knife1784
buckra1794
sahib1796
white-skin1803
whitey1811
Pakeha1817
papalagi1817
paleface1823
whitefellow1826
Abelungu1836
haole1843
gringo1849
lightiea1855
umlungu1859
mzungu1860
heaven-burster1861
ladino1877
mooniasc1880
Conchy Joe1888
béké1889
ofay1899
ridge runner1904
Ngati Pakeha1905
kelch1912
pink1913
leucoderm1924
fay1927
Mr Charlie1928
pinkie1935
devil1938
wonk1938
oaf1941
grey1943
paddy1945
Caucasoid1956
Jumble1957
Caucasian1958
white boy1958
pinko-grey1964
honky1967
toubab1976
palagi1977
1826 Morning Chron. 28 July One bold fellow..shouting, ‘Come on, White fellow—Black fellow no jirrand’ (afraid).
1832 T. L. Mitchell Jrnl. 3 Jan. in Three Exped. (1838) I. 63 In vain did Dawkins address them thus, ‘What for you jerran budgerry whitefellow?’
1921 W. Faulkner Let. 17 Oct. in Thinking of Home (1992) 149 One of the niggers said Well, laddo, how's the boy? The white fellow said—Fine, Paul, fine.
1936 Publicist (Sydney) ii. 3/1 His song was unheeded by a crowd of whitefellows, who were congregated at that place for the purpose of engaging in S.P. illicit betting.
2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Apr. 40/2 Ken, the whitefella whose house they're living in, is out of his depth.

Compounds

General attributive and appositive.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > types of
myall1818
whitefellow1834
Mongolian1859
New Australian1905
New Australian1926
munjon1945
Naussie1947
ocker1971
1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales I. xi. 210 I was accosted by a native black, who asked me, whether ‘I white feller parson, for me want shilling.’
1895 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 10 396 The natives in most parts give it a different name and say that kurrajong is white fellow name.
1910 J. London Adventure (1911) xxiii. 329 Plenty white fella marster cross along me.
2008 Independent 3 Mar. 25/5 Courts won't believe blackfella evidence; it has to be backed by whitefella evidence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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