Usually means: Performance using white theatrical makeup.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word whiteface:

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  1. whiteface: Merriam-Webster
  2. whiteface: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whiteface: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. whiteface: Collins English Dictionary
  5. whiteface: Vocabulary.com
  6. Whiteface, whiteface: Wordnik
  7. whiteface: Wiktionary
  8. whiteface: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. whiteface: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. whiteface: Dictionary.com
  11. Whiteface (band), Whiteface (performance), Whiteface: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. whiteface: Rhymezone
  13. whiteface: FreeDictionary.org
  14. whiteface: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. whiteface: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whiteface: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whiteface: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whiteface)

noun:  (uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
noun:  (countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
noun:  A Hereford cow.
noun:  (countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
noun:  (countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
noun:  (countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.

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