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Meaning of mean white | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).

US, ethnic, obsolete, slur

Examples

“A mean white would be acutely reminded of his own shabby status upon encountering a slave like Northup, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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