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Whiteboy
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Meaning
Noun
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A
member
of the Whiteboys, a
secret
Irish
agrarian
organization in 18th-century Ireland, using
violent
tactics
to
defend
tenant farmers
'
land rights
for
subsistence
farming.
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In American English & British English:
A Caucasian male.
●
Heroin.
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Origin
whiteboy
English
boy
English
boy
Middle English (1100-1500)
white
English
whit
Middle English (1100-1500)
hwit
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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Etym
Synonyms
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Synonyms words may be slurs, derogatory, or offensive
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