blackamoor
blackamoor · blackamoors
A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or childA black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
UK/ˈblæk.əˌmɔː(ɹ)/US/ˈblæk.əˌmɔɹ/
Meaning
2 senses(offensive)A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
(archaic, offensive)A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
Argent, three blackamoors’ heads couped sable, capped or, fretty gules.
Mohr
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
person with dark skin:
Origin
From earlier blackmoor + -a-. By surface analysis, black + -a- + Moor.From earlier blackmoor + -a-. By surface analysis, black + -a- + Moor.
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Forms
plural: blackamoorsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa):Black person