Blackamoor

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Offensive A dark-skinned person, especially a person from northern Africa.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person with dark skin, especially (but not necessarily) one from northern Africa
  • n. a blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child
  • n. a stylized Negro
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A negro or negress.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A negro; a black man or woman.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody    person of color    person of colour   
    Hyponym
    coon    black man    Negress    black woman    colored person    nigra    darky    picaninny    nigger    spade   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Negro    black   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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