witmense, plural noun

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Also with initial capital.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, wit white + mense people.
colloquial
White people; often used ironically, alluding to the Afrikaans terminology of apartheid.
1976 Post 13 June 4The poor madame was fed up. What, Darkies in the same line as Wit mense?
1980 Staffrider Vol.3 No.4, 11I was about to sit and talk to the ‘witmense’ about life in general.
1991 M. Kantey All Tickets 82We use the same carriage for both witmense and..swartmense, you see.
White people; often used ironically, alluding to the Afrikaans terminology of apartheid.
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