White

Meaning

Name

1. (countable, uncountable) A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
2. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States:
3. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States:
4. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States:
5. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States:

Adj

Alternative letter-case form of white (“of or relating to white complexion or Europeans”).

Noun

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”).
2. (historical) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
3. The player moving the white pieces.

Synonyms

white

Caucasian

E. B. White

Andrew D. White

Edward D. White

Edward Douglas White Jr.

Elwyn Brooks White

Patrick Victor Martindale White

Theodore Harold White

White River

T. H. White

Edward White

Andrew Dickson White

Patrick White

Stanford White

egret

honkie

honky

currant

whiteness

White person

honkey

Translations

McKim

Weiß

blanco

White

White

λευκός

Blanc

wit

White

White

branco

άσπρο

Andrew Dickson White

weiss

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hwit

In summary

* As an English surname, from Middle English White, as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning. See the modern adjective white.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English *wiht (“bend”), found only in placenames, a derivative of the verb wican (“to yield, bend”); compare Wight.
* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon).
* Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, an Anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname.