Associations to the word «Blackamoor»

Wiktionary

BLACKAMOOR, noun. (archaic) (offensive) A person with dark skin, especially (but not necessarily) one from northern Africa
BLACKAMOOR, noun. A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child
BLACKAMOOR, noun. (heraldry) a stylized Negro
BLACKAMOOR, proper noun. A village in England.
BLACKAMOOR, proper noun. (obsolete or archaic) (offensive) A Moor.

Dictionary definition

BLACKAMOOR, noun. A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway