blackamoor

Definition

A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.

Etymology

From earlier blackmoor + -a-. By surface analysis, black + -a- + Moor.

Example Sentences

• "Argent, three blackamoors’ heads couped sable, capped or, fretty gules."
• "`Well, Job,' I said, `perhaps it would be as well. There are lots of blankets there, only be careful to keep out of the moon, or it may turn your head or blind you.' `Lord, sir! I don't think it would much matter if it did; it is that turned already with the sight of these blackamoors and their filthy, thieving ways.'"
• "Go venture shipwreck on the sullen coasts Where blackamoors make captive Christian men ..."