whitecoat

See also: white coat

English

Etymology

From white +‎ coat.

Noun

whitecoat (plural whitecoats)

1. A new-born baby harp or grey seal before its fur becomes grey, normally around 12 days old.
2. (derogatory) A laboratory scientist.
   • 2008, James Axler, Plague Lords, page 20:

     If the whitecoats expected their Victorian lab rat to appreciate the Big Picture and be grateful for the sake of science and the expansion of knowledge, they were very much disappointed. They were so arrogant, so oblivious...

Derived terms

• whitecoat hypertension

See also

• white coat hypertension
• white-shirt