white book

noun

1. an official report issued by a government, usually bound in white.

white book

noun

1. an official government publication in some countries

Word History and Origins

Origin of white book¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

The divinatory meaning of the card is “power, energy, action, courage, and magnanimity,” according to the little white book that accompanies the deck.

From Los Angeles Times

His wrinkled and reddened hands gripped a white book of Scripture.

From New York Times

It’s assumed that Black editors don’t know white books and white publishing, but we do, because what do you think we’ve been reading all these years?

From New York Times

McDonald points out that bestsellers are created by white book buyers and that right now, many of those readers may be turning to weighty studies on race primarily as a “genre of self-help book.”

From Washington Post

What the bookstore’s executives are essentially saying in this poorly crafted statement is that they thought they could lure readers under false pretexts to drive more book sales to white books.

From The Guardian