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blackamoor.

A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈblæk.əˌmɔː(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈblæk.əˌmʊə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈblæk.əˌmɔɹ/General-American/ˈblæk.əˌmʊɹ/General-American
  1. A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.

    archaic · offensive
    Argent, three blackamoors’ heads couped sable, capped or, fretty gules.
  2. A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

    offensive
Where this word comes from

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

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