0 a person or thing that people hope will be very successful in the near future: --
Because of that flair and the considerable power that he enjoys, he is in a democracy of to-day what we consider the white hope of the world of truth.
It was a great white hope that became a great white elephant.
He was the great white hope of the time, a heavyweight with a punch.
It was everyone's white hope for change, but on the whole it has not fulfilled its promise.
In many ways, organic farming was seen as the great white hope.
Ross declared the war on drugs as the last white hope.
