Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory)A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.

  2. (obsolete, offensive)A person of three quarters African descent and one quarter Caucasian descent.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Sambo is a Russian martial art.

    ruСамбо - русское боевое искусство.

    deSambo ist eine russische Kampfkunst.

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  2. Sambo is a Russian martial art created by the Soviet Red Army.

    deSambo ist eine Kampfkunst, die von der sowjetischen Roten Armee entwickelt wurde.

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish zambo.

Borrowed from Spanish zambo.

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Forms

plural: Sambos
SingularSambo
PluralSambos

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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