whites Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a member of the Caucasoid race
   White; White person; Caucasian.
   
2. noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
   white; whiteness.
   
3. noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
   Edward Douglas White Jr.; White; Edward White; Edward D. White.
   
4. noun Australian writer (1912-1990)
   White; Patrick White; Patrick Victor Martindale White.
   
5. noun United States political journalist (1915-1986)
   White; Theodore Harold White; T. H. White.
   
6. noun United States architect (1853-1906)
   White; Stanford White.
   
7. noun United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
   White; E. B. White; Elwyn Brooks White.
   
8. noun United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
   Andrew D. White; White; Andrew Dickson White.
   
9. noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
   White; White River.
   
10. noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
    egg white; white; ovalbumin; albumen.
    
    • she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
11. noun (board games) the lighter pieces
    white.
    
12. noun (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
    gabardine; tweed; white; flannel.
    
13. verb turn white
    white; whiten.
    
    • This detergent will whiten your laundry

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