noun
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
• Syn: ↑Black, ↑blackamoor, ↑Negro, ↑Negroid
• Usage Domain: ↑archaism (for: ↑Negroid), ↑archaism (for: ↑Negro), ↑archaism (for: ↑blackamoor), ↑ethnic slur (for: ↑blackamoor)
• Regions: ↑Africa
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms:
↑Negress, ↑Black man, ↑Black woman, ↑colored person, ↑colored, ↑darky, ↑darkie, ↑darkey, ↑nigger, ↑nigga, ↑spade, ↑coon, ↑jigaboo, ↑nigra, ↑Tom, ↑Uncle Tom, ↑pickaninny, ↑piccaninny, ↑picaninny
• Member Holonyms: ↑Black race, ↑Negroid race, ↑Negro race
Useful english dictionary. 2012.