Andrew white

andrew d-ckson, 1832–1918, u.s. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.
byron r(aymond) (“whizzer”) 1917–2002, u.s. lawyer and jurist: -ssociate justice of the u.s. supreme court 1962–93.
edmund, born 1940, u.s. novelist.
edward dougl-ss, 1845–1921, u.s. jurist: chief justice of the u.s. 1910–21.
edward h(iggins), ii
[hig-inz] /ˈhɪg ɪnz/ (show ipa), 1930–67, u.s. astronaut: first american to walk in sp-ce 1965.
e(lwyn) b(rooks)
[el-win] /ˈɛl wɪn/ (show ipa), 1899–1985, u.s. humorist and poet.
george leonard, 1838–95, u.s. choral conductor.
gilbert, 1720–93, english clergyman, naturalist, and writer.
patrick (victor martindale)
[mahr-tn-deyl] /ˈmɑr tnˌdeɪl/ (show ipa), 1912–90, australian writer, born in england: n-bel prize 1973.
stanford, 1853–1906, u.s. architect.
stewart edward, 1873–1946, u.s. novelist.
t(erence) h(anbury)
[han-buh-ree] /ˈhæn bə ri/ (show ipa), 1896–1964, english novelist.
theodore h. 1915–86, u.s. journalist and writer.
walter francis, 1893–1955, u.s. civil-rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the naacp 1931–55.
william a(lanson)
[al-uh n-suh n] /ˈæl ən sən/ (show ipa), 1870–1937, u.s. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.
william allen, 1868–1944, u.s. journalist.
historical examples

dr. andrew white has written two great volumes on the warfare between science and theology.
the other side of evolution alexander patterson

adjective
having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light compare black (sense 1)
(of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue
comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour: white clover
(of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers
bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc
(of hair, a beard, etc) silvery or grey, usually from age
benevolent or without malicious intent: white magic
colourless or transparent: white gl-ss
capped with or accompanied by snow: a white christmas
(sometimes capital) counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist compare red (sense 2)
blank, as an unprinted area of a page
(of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins

(of coffee or tea) with milk or cream
(of bread) made with white flour

(physics) having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency: white noise
(informal) honourable or generous
(of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)
(rare) morally unblemished
(rare) (of times, seasons, etc) auspicious; favourable
(poetic or archaic) having a fair complexion; blond
bleed white, to deprive slowly of resources
whiter than white

extremely clean and white
(informal) very pure, honest, and moral

noun
a white colour
the condition or quality of being white; whiteness
the white or lightly coloured part or area of something
the white, the viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of a bird’s egg, esp a hen’s egg; alb-men
(anatomy) the white part (sclera) of the eyeball
any of various b-tterflies of the family pieridae see large white, small white, cabbage white
(chess, draughts)

a white or light-coloured piece or square
(usually capital) the player playing with such pieces

anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards
an unprinted area of a page
(archery)

the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score
a shot or arrow hitting this ring

(poetic) fairness of complexion
in the white, (of wood or furniture) left unpainted or unvarnished
verb
(usually foll by out) to create or leave white sp-ces in (printed or other matter)
(obsolete) to make or become white
noun
a person, esp one of european ancestry, from a human population having light pigmentation of the skin
adjective
denoting or relating to a white person or white people
noun
gilbert. 1720–93, english clergyman and naturalist, noted for his natural history and antiquities of selborne (1789)
jimmy. born 1962, english snooker player
marco pierre. born 1961, british chef and restaurateur
patrick (victor martindale). 1912–90, australian novelist: his works include voss (1957), the eye of the storm (1973), and a fringe of leaves (1976): n-bel prize for literature 1973
t(erence) h(anbury). 1906–64, british novelist: author of the arthurian sequence the once and future king (1939–58)
willard (wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, british operatic b-ss, born in jamaica
n.

old english hwit, from proto-germanic -khwitaz (cf. old saxon and old frisian hwit, old norse hvitr, dutch wit, old high german hwiz, german weiß, gothic hveits), from pie -kwintos/-kwindos “bright” (cf. sanskrit svetah “white;” old church slavonic sviteti “to shine,” svetu “light;” lithuanian sviesti “to shine,” svaityti “to brighten”).

as a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in english, being well-established before the conquest. meaning “morally pure” was in old english. -ssociation with royalist causes is late 18c. slang sense of “honorable, fair” is 1877, american english. the racial sense (adj.) of “of those races (chiefly european or of european extraction) characterized by light complexion” is first recorded c.1600. the noun in this sense (“white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion”) is from 1670s. white supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967.

white heat “state of intense or extreme emotion” first recorded 1839. white lie is attested from 1741. white christmas is attested from 1857. white house at the u.s. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. white water “river rapids” is recorded from 1580s. white russian “language of byelorussia” is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978. white-collar as an adjective is from 1921; white-collar crime attested by 1964 (there is a white-collar criminaloids from 1934). astronomical white dwarf is from 1924.

verb phrase

to speculate or take a wild guess

a symbol of purity (2 chr. 5:12; ps. 51:7; isa. 1:18; rev. 3:18; 7:14). our lord, at his transfiguration, appeared in raiment “white as the light” (matt. 17:2, etc.).

white as a sheet
white elephant
white feather
white flag, show the
white lie
white sale

also see:

black and white
bleed someone white
great white hope
show the white feather