Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A person with dark skin.

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, offensive)A luderick, blackfish, parore (Girella tricuspidata).

  3. (obsolete, slang)A dark lantern.

More definitions
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From dark + -ey.

From dark + -ey.

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Forms

plural: darkeys

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people:darkydarkie

Word family

1 related words
Relatedblackie

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
darkey — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto