LekhoriLekhoriA set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.
Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
third-person singular simple present indicative of white
Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly
Directly opposite the imperial box in the Hippodrome were the seats assigned to the Blues, the Reds, the Whites, and the Greens. These were the colours of the chariot-racing factions, the professional organizations initially responsible for fielding the teams, though at some point in the fifth century they took charge of other public spectacles as well, and thus we can find factions even in cities which had no hippodromes.
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin albī (“Whites”), albātī (“White-Clads”), factio alba (“the white faction”), or factio albata (“the white-clad...
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