whitecapper

English

noun
Definitions
  • A member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Etymology

Compound from English white (a white-skinned person, bright and colorless) + English cap (upper limit ceiling, head, head covering)+ English -er (agent suffix, agent noun, one who uses acquires, Variety, forming agent nouns, inhabitant of, person thing that does the action, agent, resident of, comparative).

Origin

English

-er

Gloss

agent suffix, agent noun, one who uses acquires, Variety, forming agent nouns, inhabitant of, person thing that does the action, agent, resident of, comparative

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