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african

Friulian

Adjective

african

  1. African

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africans, feminine plural africanas)

  1. African

Related terms

  • Africa

Venetian

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africani, feminine plural africane)

  1. African

Related terms

  • Àfrica

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darkey

English

Alternative forms

  • darky, darkie

Etymology

dark +? -ey

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d??ki/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??ki/

Noun

darkey (plural darkeys)

  1. (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
    • 1865 August 7, Jordan Anderson, "To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson", republished in the New York Daily Tribune:
      Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.
  2. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.

Translations

See also

  • blackie

Anagrams

  • yarked

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