| Black Death n. An outbreak of bubonic plague that was pandemic throughout Europe and much of Asia in the 14th century. [From the dark splotches it causes on its victims.] |
Black Death
Noun
the Black Death a form of bubonic plague in Europe and Asia during the 14th century
| Black Death A widespread epidemic of bubonic plague that occurred in several outbreaks between 1347 and 1400. It originated in Asia and then swept through Europe, where it killed about a third of the population. See more at bubonic plague. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Black Death - the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europebubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person |
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