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whiteface

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɪtfeɪs/
Definition of whiteface

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] white stage make-up: the man in whiteface going up on the stage
  • 2chiefly North American a Hereford cow or bull.
  • 3an Australian warbler with a white face.
    • Genus Aphelocephala, family Acanthizidae: three species

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