white man

Noun

 * 1) A man of northern European descent or having that appearance.
 * 2) White people collectively; white culture.
 * 3) * 1927, A. M. Hocart, Are Savages Custom-Bound?, in Man, vol. 27
 * Savages are commonly supposed to be the slaves of custom to a far greater degree than the White Man, who by contrast appears as the child of reason.
 * 1) * 1933, G. St. J. Orde Browne, British Justice and the African, in the Journal of the Royal African Society, vol. 32, no. 127
 * very little attempt seems to have been made so far to deal with the whole problem of the African in contact with white man’s law,
 * Savages are commonly supposed to be the slaves of custom to a far greater degree than the White Man, who by contrast appears as the child of reason.
 * 1) * 1933, G. St. J. Orde Browne, British Justice and the African, in the Journal of the Royal African Society, vol. 32, no. 127
 * very little attempt seems to have been made so far to deal with the whole problem of the African in contact with white man’s law,

Derived terms

 * white man’s burden
 * white man’s burden

Translations

 * Finnish: valkoinen mies
 * Old Tupi: karaíba