blackface.
The practice in which a nonblack person blackens their face using theatrical makeup in order to portray a caricature of a black person.
Meaning & usage
The practice in which a nonblack person blackens their face using theatrical makeup in order to portray a caricature of a black person.
A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
Synonym of boldface.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English blackface From black + face.
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