WHITE-VAN MAN

Meaning of WHITE-VAN MAN in English

noun

( BrE , informal ) used to refer to the sort of man who drives a white van in an aggressive way, thought of as a symbol of the rude and sometimes violent way in which some men behave today

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

WHITE-VAN MAN — ■ noun Brit. informal an aggressive male driver of a delivery or workman's van (typically white in colour).
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE VAN MAN — ˌwhite ˈvan man BrE AmE noun [countable] British English informal a man who drives a white ↑ van , especially …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VAN — Airport Name : Ferit Melen Airport Airport Location : Van, Turkey IATA Code : VAN ICAO Code : LTCI
Airport Code English Dictionary
VAN — adj vain (1. futile; 2. worthless; 3. conceited); in van in vain [van] pr pl of vader 1. go; 2. …
Interlingua English vocab
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
VAN
Английский словарь Британика
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAN — I. ˈvan, ˈvaa(ə)n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin vannus — more at winnow …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VAN — van 1 /van/ , n. 1. the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
VAN — noun a shovel used in cleansing ore. 2. van ·noun a wing with which the air is beaten. 3. van …
Webster English vocab
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAN — [van] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L vannus--more at winnow] (14c) 1 dial Eng: a winnowing device (as a fan) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAN — city, eastern Turkey. It lies on the eastern shore of Lake Van at an altitude of about 5,750 feet (1,750 …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VAN — van, Van BrE AmE væn ▷ vans vænz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAN — / væn; NAmE / noun 1. a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VAN — van S2 W3 /væn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: caravan ] 1 . a vehicle used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
VAN — 1. n.1 a covered vehicle for conveying goods etc. 2 Brit. a railway carriage for luggage or for the use …
Oxford English vocab
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAN — ( vans) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A van is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES getaway car/vehicle/van (= a car etc used by criminals to escape after a crime ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VAN — (FRONT) [noun] [U] - in the van at the front; in the most advanced positionThe United States is in the …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VAN
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VAN — n. City (pop., 1997: 226,965), eastern Turkey, on the eastern shore of Lake Van . The ruins of stone buildings …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VAN — Synonyms and related words : Conestoga wagon, Pullman, Pullman car, advance guard, airhead, anteposition, armed guard, avant-garde, baggage car, bank …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MAN
Longman Activator English vocab
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WHITE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAN — I сущ.; сокр. от vanguard авангард II 1. сущ. 1) фургон to drive a van ≈ водить фургон break-down van …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAN — 1. сущ. 1) человек fat man ≈ толстый человек short man ≈ человек низкого роста tall man ≈ высокий человек …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
VAN — 1) англ. вагон; багажный вагон 2) автофургон • van with roller shutter door — автофургон со сдвижной дверью грузового отсека …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MAN — 1) рабочий 2) оператор-станочник 3) мн. ч. обслуживающий персонал • - anchor man - back-side man - backup man - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля (в факсимильной связи) • - base white - bleeding white whites - carbon white - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
VAN — 1) англ. вагон; багажный вагон 2) автофургон • van with roller shutter door — автофургон со сдвижной дверью грузового отсека - brake van - breakdown …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MAN — 1) рабочий 2) оператор-станочник 3) мн. ч. обслуживающий персонал • - anchor man - back-side man - backup man - baler man - batch man - blast-furnace man - burner …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHITE — 1) белый 2) вазелиновый 3) несмоленый 4) пшеничный 5) светлый • bring to white heat — нагревать до белого каления white noise generator — генератор белого шума - …
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