In the years leading up to the American Civil War, "doughface" was used to describe Northerners who favored the Southern position in political disputes.
(derogatory) A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. In particular, in the antebellum United States, a Northerner who ...
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He disliked abolitionist Northerners due to his party affiliation, and became known as a "doughface" due to his sympathy toward the South. Buchanan emerged ...
He was attacked by the New Hampshire anti-slavery Herald of Freedom as a "doughface", which had the dual meaning of "craven-spirited man" and "northerner ...
a Northern congressman not opposed to slavery in the South before or during the American Civil War. also : a Northerner sympathetic to the South during the ...
The Doughfaces was a faction of the Democratic Party which existed from 1847 to 1865. The faction consisted of northern Democrats who sympathized with ...
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Doughface definition: a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
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Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce's ...
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dough face, one of which is considered derogatory. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...
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The term doughface originally referred to an actual mask made of dough, but came to be used in a disparaging context for someone, especially a politician, ...