Sambo

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a Russian martial art and combat sport.
  • n. A sandwich.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; -- formerly used colloquially or with humorous intent, but now considered offensive or racist by African-Americans.
  • n. In Central America, an Indian and negro half-breed, or mixed blood.
  • n. A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The offspring of a black person and a mulatto.
  • n. The offspring of a negro and an Indian.
  • Word Usage
    "However, the owner of the cafe has responded by saying that no racist insult was intended as the term sambo was an abbreviated version of sandwich, just like “sarnie”."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Negro    zambo   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rambo    Zambo    tambo    zambo