Definitions for blackamoors

blackamoors black·a·moor

Spelling: [blak-uh-moo r]
IPA: /ˈblæk əˌmʊər/

Blackamoors is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 792 anagrams from letters in blackamoors (aabcklmoors).

Definitions for blackamoors

noun

  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
  2. a contemptuous term used to refer to any dark-skinned person.

Origin of blackamoors

First recorded in 1540-50; unexplained variant of phrase black Moor

Examples for blackamoors

But it is mere waste of soap to attempt to wash a blackamoor white.

"I have come in response to your summons," replied the blackamoor.

Mercy upon me, what shall I do with a blackamoor and a dog both underfoot!

They think it a beauty, and say white teeth are the sign of a blackamoor.

Had he yet to learn that he could not wash a blackamoor white?

“But somebody did try to wash a blackamoor white,” said Bob.

Lily, whom he might have had in his bosom, would have been no blackamoor.

"A blackamoor, no doubt," said Lady Caroline with conviction.

Six years, and you have turned from a white-skinned Irishman into a blackamoor!

He is a blackamoor, and derives his extraction from the spice lands.

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