Whitecapper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whitecapper is a noun meaning (US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”).
Meaning
(US, historical) Synonym of whitecap (“type of vigilante”).
Example Sentences
To the gratification of many local whites, an all-white jury acquitted Brown of the charge of murder and ruled that the shooting of the whitecapper had been a justifiable homicide.
Deputy United States Marshal H. B. Holman returned here on the Kansas City Southern Railroad, to which place he was called by a message from the manager of a large fruit-growing company, asking protection from whitecappers.
Word Forms
- whitecappers
Synonyms for whitecapper
Depending on context, synonyms include whitecap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whitecap, capper, bluecap, rattlecap, cawker, scraper.
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