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Black Death

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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
n
(Historical Terms) the. a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people See bubonic plague

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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Noun1.Black DeathBlack Death - the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
bubonic 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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Then came a terrible disease called the Black Death, slaying young and old, rich and poor, until nearly half the people in the land were dead.
prentice to him at Lymington in the year of the Black Death.
The man who was immune to yellow fever was carried away by cholera; and if he were immune to that, too, the Black Death, which was the bubonic plague, swept him away.
 
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