Usually means: Low-income, economically disadvantaged white individuals.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word Poor White:

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  1. poor white: Merriam-Webster
  2. poor white: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poor white: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poor White: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poor white: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. poor white: Dictionary.com
  7. Poor White (novel), Poor White: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. poor white: Rhymezone
  9. poor white: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. poor White, Poor White: Encyclopedia

(Note: See poor_whites as well.)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Poor White)

noun:  an American novel by Sherwood Anderson, published in 1920.
noun:  a sociocultural classification used to describe economically disadvantaged Whites in the English-speaking world, especially White Americans with low incomes.


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