blackamoor
Meaning
Noun
- A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
- A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
- A stylized Negro.
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Origin
- From earlier blackmoor, equivalent to black + Moor.
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