whites

White, Andrew Dickson 1832-1918.

American educator and diplomat who founded Cornell University with Ezra Cornell and was its first president (1868-1885). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Germany (1897-1902).

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White, Byron Raymond 1917-2002.

American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1962-1993).

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White, Edward Douglass 1845-1921.

American jurist who served as an associate justice (1894-1910) and the chief justice (1910-1921) of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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White, E(lwyn) B(rooks) 1899-1985.

American writer and humorist who contributed essays, editorials, and parodies to the New Yorker. He also wrote children's books, including Charlotte's Web (1952), and revised a 1918 writing manual, The Elements of Style (1959).

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White, Patrick 1912-1990.

Australian writer whose powerfully descriptive and original novels include The Tree of Man (1955) and Voss (1957). He won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature.

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White, Stanford 1853-1906.

American architect. A member of the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, he was particularly known for his interior designs and his ornate, eclectic buildings.

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White, T(erence) H(anbury) 1906-1964.

British writer best known for the novel The Once and Future King (1958), a retelling of the Arthurian legend.

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White, T(heodore) H(arold) 1915-1986.

American political journalist noted for his commentaries on presidential elections, including The Making of the President 1960 (1961).

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white  (hwt, wt)

n.

1. The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.

2. The white or nearly white part, as:

a. The albumen of an egg.

b. The white part of an eyeball.

c. A blank unprinted area, as of an advertisement.

3. One that is white or nearly white, as:

a. whites White trousers or a white outfit of a special nature: tennis whites.

b. whites The white dress uniform of the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard.

c. A white wine.

d. A white pigment.

e. A white breed, species, or variety of animal.

f. also White A member of a racial group of people having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin. See Usage Note at black.

g. Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar. Often used in the plural.

4. Games

a. The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.

b. The player using these pieces.

5.

a. The outermost ring of an archery target.

b. A hit in this ring.

6. whites Pathology Leukorrhea.

7. A politically ultraconservative or reactionary person.

adj. whit·er, whit·est

1. Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow.

2. Approaching the color white, as:

a. Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale: white wine.

b. Pale gray; silvery and lustrous: white hair.

c. Bloodless; blanched.

3. Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.

4. also White Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin: voting patterns within the white population.

5. Not written or printed on; blank.

6. Unsullied; pure.

7. Habited in white: white nuns.

8. Accompanied by or mantled with snow: a white Christmas.

9.

a. Incandescent: white flames.

b. Intensely heated; impassioned: white with fury.

10. Ultraconservative or reactionary.

11. With milk added. Used of tea or coffee.

tr.v. whit·ed, whit·ing, whites

1. Printing To create or leave blank spaces in (printed or illustrated matter). Often used with out.

2. Archaic

a. To whiten; whitewash.

b. To blanch.

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[Middle English, from Old English hwt; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

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whiteness n.

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whites

Noun, pl

white clothes, as worn for playing cricket