blackamoor
English
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa
- a blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child
- (heraldry) a stylized Negro
Etymology
Compound from English black (dark haired, black haired) + English Moor.
Origin
English
Moor
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackacre English
- Blackbeard English
- Blackface English
- Blackophobe English
- Blacktown English
- Blackwood English
- Moor English
- Mooress English
- Moorish English
- Moors English
- Sabbathesque English
- antiblack English
- black English
- black Irish English
- black light English
- black sanctus English
- black swan English
- black truffle English
- black-haired English
- black-hearted English
- blackback English
- blackball English
- blackband English
- blackberry English
- blackbird English
- blackboard English
- blackboy English
- blackbuck English
- blackbutt English
- blackcap English
- blackchin English
- blackcoat English
- blackcock English
- blackdamp English
- blackdar English
- blacken English
- blacker English
- blacketh English
- blackeye English
- blackface English
- blackfaced English
- blackfella English
- blackfeller English
- blackfellow English
- blackfin English
- blackfish English
- blackfly English
- blackfulla English
- blackgame English
- blackgrass English
- blackguard English
- blackheart English
- blackify English
- blackish English
- blackism English
- blackity-black English
- blackjack English
- blacklead English
- blackleg English
- blackless English
- blacklight English
- blackline English
- blacklip English
- blacklist English
- blackly English
- blackmouth English
- blackness English
- blackophilia English
- blackophobic English
- blackpoll English
- blackride English
- blackrider English
- blackroot English
- blacksalter English
- blackshirt English
- blackskin English
- blacksmelt English
- blacksmith English
- blacksnake English
- blackspeak English
- blacksplain English
- blackspot English
- blackstart English
- blackster English
- blackstrap English
- blacktail English
- blackthorn English
- blacktip English
- blacktop English
- blackware English
- blackwash English
- blackwater English
- blackwood English
- blackwork English
- blackworm English
- blacky English
- bootblack English
- forblack English
- interblack English
- jet-black English
- lampblack English
- monoblack English
- nonblack English
- postblack English
- pro-black English
- quasiblack English
- shoeblack English
- toothblack English
- transblack English
- unblack English
- More French
- black French
- ブラック Japanese
- blak Middle English
- μπλάκης Greek (modern)
- bläg Volapük
- blak Tok Pisin
- blak Bislama
- Moor
- black
- Moors
- blacky
- Mooress
- unblack
- blackly
- blacken
- blacker
- Moorish
- blackcap
- blackdar
- blacktip
- blackfly
- blackleg
- blackboy
- blackism
- blacktop
- blacketh
- blackish
- forblack
- blackeye
- blackfin
- blacklip
- nonblack
- blackify
- postblack
- Blackface
- blackbuck
- blackball
- antiblack
- blackbutt
- jet-black
- blacktail
- blackroot
- blackcoat
- Blacktown
- blackback
- blackware
- blackgame
- Blackwood
- blackchin
- blacklist
- blackskin
- blackness
- blackwood
- lampblack
- blackworm
- blackwash
- blacklead
- blackwork
- blackster
- monoblack
- blackspot
- blackbird
- blackdamp
- pro-black
- blackjack
- Blackacre
- blackride
- shoeblack
- blackcock
- blackless
- blackface
- blackpoll
- blackline
- blackband
- bootblack
- blackfish
- blackshirt
- blackspeak
- blackberry
- blackrider
- black swan
- blackstrap
- blackguard
- blacksmelt
- blacksnake
- blackstart
- blackboard
- transblack
- quasiblack
- blackfella
- blackthorn
- blackfulla
- blackwater
- interblack
- Blackbeard
- blacksmith
- blackheart
- blackmouth
- blacklight
- blackfaced
- blackgrass
- toothblack
- blacksplain
- blackfellow
- black Irish
- blacksalter
- Blackophobe
- blackfeller
- black light
- Sabbathesque
- blackophobic
- black-haired
- blackophilia
- black sanctus
- black-hearted
- black truffle
- blackity-black