paleface

[ peyl-feys ]

/ ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs /

Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.

Origin of paleface

1815–25; pale¹ + face, expression attributed to North American Indians

Lillian, with her hair as yellow as the corn, was the paleface princess stolen by the Indians in her babyhood.

Madge Morton's Trust |Amy D. V. Chalmers
He was a paleface, and palefaces had crooked tongues, and their words could not be depended upon.

Fire Cloud |Samuel Fletcher
His gestures indicated hostility and the Paleface lads knew that at heart he hated them.

Far Past the Frontier |James A. Braden
"The two women will follow us, as well as the paleface hunters," one of the Indians commanded.

The Pirates of the Prairies |Gustave Aimard

The Eskimo knows that most of his paleface brethren from the south are wholly unable to paddle their own canoes.

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North |Fullerton Waldo

paleface

/ (ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs) /

a derogatory term for a White person, said to have been used by North American Indians