doughface

dough +‎ face

doughface (plural doughfaces)

1. (derogatory) An individual, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable.
2. (dated, obsolete, derogatory) A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump.

• In the years leading up to the United States Civil War, "doughface" was used to describe Northerners who espoused sympathies with the Southern Slave Power. This would most likely be a Northern Democrat who was more allied with the ideology of Southern Democrats than that of the majority of Northerners.

• doughfacism
• dough-faced

• Vintage Vocabulary

• douchefag