blackamoor

black·a·moor  (blk-mr)

n. Offensive

A dark-skinned person, especially a person from northern Africa.

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[black + -a-, of unknown origin + Moor.]

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blackamoor [ˈblækəˌmʊə -ˌmɔː]

n

Archaic a Black or other person with dark skin

[see Black, Moor]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blackamoor - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Black person, Negro, Negroid, Black individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person Negress - a Black woman or girl Black race, Negro race, Negroid race - a dark-skinned race Black man - a man who is Black Black woman - a woman who is Black colored, colored person - a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive darkey, darkie, darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" Tom, Uncle Tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression

Translations

blackamoor

n (obs) → Mohr m (obs)