squarehead

An honest person; a non-criminal.

Noun

  1. An honest person; a non-criminal.
  2. A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person.
    • The squarehead bent his chin to his breast and said, "Very well. In an hour." - 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 771:
    • "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here." - 2022, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch:
  3. A socially conventional or boring person.

Origin

From square + head.

Forms

squareheads