单词 | white african |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite African white African n. and adj. (a) n. a light-skinned African, esp. one of European descent; (b) adj. designating a white African; of or relating to white Africans. ΚΠ 1750 Compl. Hist. Piratical States Barbary i. 2 The Arabians gave the Name of Barbarians to the white Africans, from Barbara. 1848 Times 27 Oct. 6/6 We, white African farmers, cannot live with any feeling of security in a country with so many black tribes. 1849 Past & Future Emigration 256 Poor, unhappy ‘White Africans!’ after in vain striving for redress and protection. 1978 World Lit. Today 52 331/1 One wishes that he had integrated his insights more thoroughly with the history of white African writing. 2010 A. Miller Slow Motion 200 I am an African. A white African. Telling me I'm British is about as absurd as telling an African-American they're Liberian or Ghanaian. < as lemmas |
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