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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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See also

mean world syndrome Meander Meander Valley Meandered meanderer Meandering

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