whiteboy
noun
white·boy
1
archaic
: a favored person : pet
2
usually capitalized
[so called from their wearing white shirts outside their other clothes as a means of recognition on their night raids]
: one of an agrarian association formed among the Irish peasants in 1761 especially to redress their grievances against their landlords and to resist collection of tithes
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“Whiteboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whiteboy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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