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Meaning of BLACKAMOOR

Pronunciation:  'blaku`mûr

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
 
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 Synonyms: Black, black person, Negro, Negroid
 
 See Also: Black man, Black race, Black woman, colored, colored person, coon, darkey, darkie, darky, jigaboo, Negress, Negro race, Negroid race, nigger, nigra, person of color, person of colour, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, spade, Tom, Uncle Tom

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Black"a*moor\, n. [Black + Moor.]
A negro or negress. --Shak.
 

 

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