doughface

noun

dough·​face ˈdō-ˌfās 

plural doughfaces

disparaging, in U.S. history

: 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 same period

dough-faced

ˈdō-ˈfāst 

adjective

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above