bootblack
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.
Etymology
Compound from English boot (profit, remedy) + English black (dark haired, black haired).
Origin
English
black
Gloss
dark haired, black haired
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
- Sabbathesque English
- antiblack English
- autoboot English
- black English
- black Irish English
- black light English
- black sanctus English
- black swan English
- black truffle English
- black-haired English
- black-hearted English
- blackamoor 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
- boot English
- boot block English
- boot boy English
- boot loader English
- boot sector English
- bootability English
- bootable English
- bootblock English
- bootboy English
- booter English
- booteth English
- bootful English
- bootheel English
- boothook English
- boothose English
- bootikin English
- bootjack English
- bootlace English
- bootleg English
- bootlick English
- bootlicker English
- bootlike English
- bootload English
- bootmaker English
- bootmaking English
- bootneck English
- bootprint English
- bootscan English
- bootscraper English
- bootsole English
- bootspace English
- bootsplash English
- bootstep English
- bootstrap English
- bootstring English
- bootstripe English
- boottopping English
- boottree English
- dual-boot English
- fieldboot English
- forblack English
- gumboot English
- interblack English
- jet-black English
- lampblack English
- monoblack English
- multiboot English
- netboot English
- nonblack English
- overboot English
- postblack English
- preboot English
- pro-black English
- quasiblack English
- rainboot English
- reboot English
- seaboot English
- shoeblack English
- snowboot English
- toothblack English
- topboot English
- transblack English
- unblack English
- unboot English
- workboot English
- booten German
- bootare Italian
- black French
- botte French
- ブラック Japanese
- blak Middle English
- boote Middle English
- بوط Arabic
- boto Esperanto
- बूट Hindi
- μπλάκης Greek (modern)
- bŵt Welsh
- బూటు Telugu
- buti Swahili
- बूट Marathi
- bläg Volapük
- ibhuti Xhosa
- blak Tok Pisin
- blak Bislama
- boots Jamaican Creole
- boot
- black
- blacky
- booter
- reboot
- unboot
- bootleg
- bootboy
- bootful
- netboot
- blacker
- unblack
- booteth
- blackly
- preboot
- topboot
- gumboot
- seaboot
- blacken
- blackcap
- blackfly
- bootstep
- blackleg
- boot boy
- blackism
- bootlace
- bootable
- workboot
- blacketh
- boothose
- bootikin
- boothook
- blackeye
- bootlick
- overboot
- blacklip
- nonblack
- blackify
- bootlike
- blackdar
- blacktip
- bootscan
- bootload
- bootsole
- blackboy
- bootneck
- bootheel
- bootjack
- blacktop
- boottree
- blackish
- forblack
- rainboot
- blackfin
- autoboot
- snowboot
- postblack
- Blackface
- blackball
- blackbutt
- blackroot
- Blacktown
- blackback
- blackware
- blackgame
- blacklist
- blackskin
- blackness
- blackwood
- blackworm
- lampblack
- blackwash
- blacklead
- blackwork
- blackster
- monoblack
- multiboot
- bootstrap
- blackride
- bootspace
- fieldboot
- shoeblack
- blackcock
- blackless
- blackline
- blackfish
- bootblock
- blackbuck
- antiblack
- dual-boot
- jet-black
- blacktail
- blackcoat
- bootmaker
- Blackwood
- blackchin
- bootprint
- blackspot
- blackbird
- blackdamp
- pro-black
- blackjack
- Blackacre
- blackface
- blackpoll
- blackband
- blackspeak
- blackberry
- bootstring
- bootlicker
- blacksmelt
- blacksnake
- blackamoor
- blackfella
- interblack
- Blackbeard
- blackmouth
- blackgrass
- blackshirt
- blackrider
- bootmaking
- black swan
- blackstrap
- boot block
- blackguard
- bootsplash
- blackstart
- blackboard
- transblack
- quasiblack
- blackthorn
- bootstripe
- blackfulla
- blackwater
- blacksmith
- blackheart
- blacklight
- blackfaced
- toothblack
- bootability
- boot loader
- bootscraper
- boot sector
- blackfeller
- blacksplain
- blackfellow
- boottopping
- black Irish
- blacksalter
- Blackophobe
- black light
- blackophobic
- black-haired
- Sabbathesque
- blackophilia
- black-hearted
- black truffle
- black sanctus
- blackity-black