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Definition of dead white male noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dead white male

noun

(also dead white European male

) (informal) (disapproving)

a writer, scientist, or other famous figure from the past that some people may consider more important than other writers, etc. just because he belongs to the group of people who have most power in society

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