whitester Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
    white.
    • as white as fresh snow
    • a bride's white dress
  2. adjective of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
    white.
    • voting patterns within the white population
  3. adjective satellite free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
    white.
    • in shining white armor
  4. adjective satellite marked by the presence of snow
    white; snowy.
    • a white Christmas
    • the white hills of a northern winter
  5. adjective satellite restricted to whites only
    white; lily-white.
    • under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
    • a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
  6. adjective satellite glowing white with heat
    white-hot; white.
    • white flames
    • a white-hot center of the fire
  7. adjective satellite benevolent; without malicious intent
    white.
    • that's white of you
  8. adjective satellite (of a surface) not written or printed on
    white; clean; blank.
    • blank pages
    • fill in the blank spaces
    • a clean page
    • wide white margins
  9. adjective satellite (of coffee) having cream or milk added
    white.
  10. adjective satellite (of hair) having lost its color
    whitened; white.
    • the white hairs of old age
  11. adjective satellite anemic looking from illness or emotion
    blanched; bloodless; ashen; white; livid.
    • a face turned ashen
    • the invalid's blanched cheeks
    • tried to speak with bloodless lips
    • a face livid with shock
    • lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
    • lips white with terror
    • a face white with rage
  12. adjective satellite of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
    white.
    • white nights

WordNet


White"ster noun
Etymology
White + -ster.
Definitions
  1. A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913