black gang
black gang · black gangs
A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vesselA group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
Meaning
3 sensesA group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)
(derogatory, historical)A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against his opponents.
Origin
From black + gang. Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first cFrom black + gang.
Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.
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Forms
plural: black gangs| Singular | black gang |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedblack-ganger