Definitions for Jim-Crow

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Jim-Crow Jim-Crow

Spelling: [jim-kroh]

IPA: /ˈdʒɪmˈkroʊ/

Jim-Crow is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in Jim-Crow (-cijmorw).

Definitions for Jim-Crow

noun

1. a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against black people, as in public places, public vehicles, or employment.
2. Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.

adjective

1. favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
2. for black people only:

Origin of Jim-Crow

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40; so called from the name of a song sung by Thomas Rice (1808-60) in a minstrel show

Examples for Jim-Crow

The black social outcast wished "Jim-Crow" railway accommodations and signs proclaiming inequality of race to disappear.

His Jim-Crow freight outfit didn't cut much of a figure in their track schedules.

This is the meaning of the Southern movement for segregating the races, of its Jim-Crow car laws and waiting-rooms.

The white train crew from the baggage car uses the "Jim-Crow" to lounge in and perform their toilet.

Shall the black soldier hero be allowed to take his croix de guerre into a Jim-Crow car?

Accustomed to the Jim-Crow coach, the Pullman with its comfortable bed, its luxurious dining-car, was a revelation.