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Webster 1913 Edition

Whiteboy

White′boyˊ

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Noun.
1.
A favorite.
[Obs.]
See
White
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Adj.
, 6.
“One of God’s whiteboys.”
Bunyan.
2.
One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.

Definition 2024

Whiteboy

Whiteboy

See also: whiteboy and white boy

English

Noun

Whiteboy ‎(plural Whiteboys)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

whiteboy

whiteboy

See also: Whiteboy and white boy

English

Alternative forms

Noun

whiteboy ‎(plural whiteboys)

  1. (Britain, US, slang, mildly pejorative) A young Caucasian male.
    • 2006, Eminemsrevenge, Jew Girl, page 164
      The words of the whiteboy crept into his mind as he got ready to crawl out of bed—and he once again realized Cassandra hardly ever showered.
    • 2011, Kevin Coval, Patricia Smith, L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems, link
      whiteboy still more than anything else this betrays me.
    • 2011, Berel Arrow, The Thirty Six, page 9
      “Shut up, whiteboy. How does it feel to hit a girl? You feel strong?
  2. (uncountable, slang) heroin.

Etymology

From the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.

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