blackamore

English

Noun

blackamore (plural blackamores)

  1. Alternative form of blackamoor
    • 1643, Roger Williams, A key into the languages of America‎, page 52:
      Hence they call a Blackamore (themſelves are tawnie, by the Sunne and their annoyntings, yet they are borne white :)
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