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white ((n.)) 
1 † n. a person of non-Indian blood, especially a European or one of European origins.
See also: white man (def. 1)
- 1789 (1959) . . . I would have you Act as if you were Certain of it, keeping the report as Secret as possible, that no unnecessary alarm may be spread amongst either Whites or Indians.
- 1810 (1957) He has constantly a gang of drunken vagabonds about him, of vagrant whites & Indians, constantly fighting among themselves and abusive to others.
- 1818 . . . skins and furs . . . are brought down from the interior by Indians and whites in the service of the [N.W.] Company.
- 1835 (1944) It is probable they [Indians] will not be thoroughly quiet until they be chastised and be made to feel the strength and power of the Whites.
- 1963 The main reason is that the Mistassini Indians . . . as yet have no white problem.
- 1965 Most Moosonee whites do nothing to harm the Indians . . . and nothing to help them.
2 n. a widely distributed North American food fish, Coregonus sp., especially C. clupeaformis.
See also: whitefish
- 1942 Whites, as they're popularly called, also lend themselves to hanging. And they're just about the right size and shape for thawing out before a winter fire.
3 n. Pacific Coast a mature Chinook salmon.
See also: Chinook salmon spring salmon white spring (salmon)
- 1958 Many an ex-handÂliner can recall the "bad year" when reds brought three cents a pound; pinks two, and the half-cent whites went overboard all along the coast.
- 1789 (1959) . . . I would have you Act as if you were Certain of it, keeping the report as Secret as possible, that no unnecessary alarm may be spread amongst either Whites or Indians.