Noun

1. A Caucasian man; a European.
2. White people collectively; White culture.
   • 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.

   • 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, ...

Synonyms

• balanda (Australian aboriginal English)
• haole (Hawaiian English)
• pakeha (New Zealand Maori English)