palefaced
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]palefaced (not comparable)
- Having a pale face.
- 1850, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 17, page 327:
- It was soon arranged that I should go with a palefaced youth who had a seat to spare in his tandem, while my friend accompanied our host.
- 1891, Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, Basil and Annette:
- By the side of the tired animal was a pale-faced man, who never once used his worn-out whip, but gave kindly words to his steed in the place of lashes. He was poorly dressed and looked wan and anxious.
- (ethnic slur) Of a paleface, i.e., a white person, a person of European descent.