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Definitions for: White Person
[n] a member of the Caucasoid race
Webster (1913) Definition: White person
A person of the Caucasian race (--6 Fed. Rep. 256).
Note: In the time of slavery in the United States white
person was generally construed as a person without
admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and
decisions in different States since 1865 white person
is construed as in effect: one not having any negro
blood (Ark., Okla.); one having less than one eighth of
negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md., Minn.,
Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); one having less
than one fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having
less than one half (Ohio).
Synonyms: Caucasian, White
See Also: Aryan, Cassite, Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, Circassian, Elamite, honkey, honkie, honky, human, individual, Kassite, mortal, paleface, person, poor white, poor white trash, Semite, somebody, someone, soul, WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, white man, White race, white trash, white woman, whitey
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