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brown faced

when a white person puts brown stuff on their face in an effort to look spanish, indian, muslim etc....a less harsh form of black-face
grandma: i think that dude in slumdog millionaire is white
me: huh?
grandma: he's british and there are no british indians!
me: so u saying he brown faced himself??
grandma: i guess so
by elliebee March 21, 2009
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brownface

Smearing the diarrhea of a dolphin on your face and genitals in order to inveigle your racial features.
Max went out in brownface in order to pick up chicks.
by captain foolcool June 30, 2008
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Brownface

Brownface is a euphemism for blackface and is applied when a favorable personality is found to have participated in blackface.
The Prime Minister wore brownface to a party when he was younger.
by RGutz September 21, 2019
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Browface

An actor who isn't of Armenian descent playing the part of an Armenian character in real life.

A sister concept of yellow face.
Many of the featured actors in The Promise were working in browface. It's like The Good Earth of Armenian genocide movies.
by the Momur September 21, 2016
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