blackamoor

Meaning

  1. (archaic, offensive) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
  2. (offensive) A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblæk.əˌmɔː(ɹ)/
Etymology

From earlier blackmoor + -a-. By surface analysis, black + -a- + Moor.

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