Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white-shirt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

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noun

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From white + shirt, from the colour of the uniform.

white-shirts (plural)

whitecoat

What does white-shirt mean?: A higher-ranking prison officer.
Where does white-shirt come from?: From white + shirt, from the colour of the uniform.

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