white lead
nounDefinition of white lead
: any of several white pigments containing lead
especially
: a heavy poisonous basic carbonate of lead marketed as a powder or as a paste in linseed oil and used especially formerly in paints
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She is popularly cited as having the first interracial kiss on American television, when her character famously locked lips with white leading man William Shatner‘s Captain James T. Kirk. — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, "Nichelle Nichols Attends Star Trek Convention with Son amid Battle Over Her Conservatorship," 1 Aug. 2019 Priests in white led a solemn requiem mass in Latin. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, "The Death of Simaro Lutumba Closes a Chapter of Congolese Music," 26 June 2019 Once, that had meant rejecting outright a $4 million record deal because it was conditioned on The Slants hiring a white lead singer. — Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, "‘Slanted’ tells the story of Portland Asian American band’s fight to keep its name," 9 June 2019 For example, in recent films such as Love Simon, Alex Strangelove, and Call Me by Your Name, white lead characters overcome homophobia through love and compassion. — Ernest Owens, Vox, "What it’s like to be black and gay watching the Kevin Hart controversy unfold.," 7 Jan. 2019 For example, in recent films such as Love Simon, Alex Strangelove, and Call Me by Your Name, white lead characters overcome homophobia through love and compassion. — Ernest Owens, Vox, "What it’s like to be black and gay watching the Kevin Hart controversy unfold.," 7 Jan. 2019 For example, in recent films such as Love Simon, Alex Strangelove, and Call Me by Your Name, white lead characters overcome homophobia through love and compassion. — Ernest Owens, Vox, "What it’s like to be black and gay watching the Kevin Hart controversy unfold.," 7 Jan. 2019 For example, in recent films such as Love Simon, Alex Strangelove, and Call Me by Your Name, white lead characters overcome homophobia through love and compassion. — Ernest Owens, Vox, "What it’s like to be black and gay watching the Kevin Hart controversy unfold.," 7 Jan. 2019 For example, in recent films such as Love Simon, Alex Strangelove, and Call Me by Your Name, white lead characters overcome homophobia through love and compassion. — Ernest Owens, Vox, "What it’s like to be black and gay watching the Kevin Hart controversy unfold.," 7 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'white lead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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