Meaning of whitefolk | Babel Free

Definitions

White people.

informal, plural, plural-only

Examples

“Coordinate term: blackfolk”

“Francine’s stolid, accommodating husband Albert (Damon Gupton) completes the picture, and soon we’re in purgatory, with a passel of well-meaning whitefolk raucously debating the limits of liberty (vis a vis the superseding priority of property value) as the black folks stand⟳ quietly by, biting (through) their tongues.”

“The movie joins an impressive list of recent films obsessed with Bay Area redevelopment and the high cost⟳ of living where you used to live⟳, or want⟳ to live⟳, surrounded by pre-approved whitefolk of means.”

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