- blackamoor
- noun Etymology: irregular from black + Moor Date: 1547 a dark-skinned person; especially black 4a
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Blackamoor — may refer to:* Blackamoor, Lancashire * Moors, Muslims of Spain and North Africa * , for a dark skinned person ** in heraldry, a stylized Negro or Maure ** Blackamoors (sculpture), sculptures of Negro figures * Blackamoor (jewelry), a type of… … Wikipedia
Blackamoor — Black a*moor, n. [Black + Moor.] A negro or negress. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blackamoor — (n.) dark skinned person, 1540s, from BLACK (Cf. black) (adj.) + MOOR (Cf. Moor), with connecting element … Etymology dictionary
blackamoor — [blak′ə moor΄] n. [< BLACK + MOOR] Archaic a very dark skinned person, esp. a black African … English World dictionary
blackamoor — noun a) (degrading) A person with dark skin, especially (but not necessarily) one from northern Africa What! exclaimed the Prince, the music is by the blackamoor (a black Moor). Well, my fine blackamoor, henceforth thou art in my service. b) a… … Wiktionary
Blackamoor — noun A village in England. , 1995: Although, as we now realize, no Blackamoor at any 18th century European court was merely decorative, in Ibrahims case, Peters expectations for him were as loaded with responsibility as those he would have had… … Wiktionary
Blackamoor (jewelry) — Morettos in Italian, these figures usually appear in antique Venetian (though nowadays they can be made anywhere) jewelry as earrings, bracelets, cuff links, and brooches. Some contemporary craftsmen continue to make individual pieces, but it is… … Wikipedia
Blackamoor, Lancashire — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.72321 longitude= 2.46370 population= official name= Blackamoor map type= Lancashire unitary england= Blackburn with Darwen lieutenancy england = Lancashire region= North West England constituency… … Wikipedia
Blackamoor (slang) — ee alsoBlackamoor (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
blackamoor’s beauty — muskusinė sausvirbė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Amberboa moschata angl. blackamoor’s beauty; musk knapweed; spotted knapweed; sultans flower; sweet sultan vok. Bisam Flockenblume; wohlriechende Flockenblume rus. василек душистый… … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
