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honky
CIDE DICTIONARY
honky, n.
A white (caucasian) person; -- a term used by some African-Americans, intended to be disparaging and often taken as offensive. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
honky, n. (pl. -ies) US Blacksl. offens.
1 a White person.
2 White people collectively.
1 a White person.
2 White people collectively.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
honky
American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow manFor further exploring for "honky" in Webster Dictionary Online