different between darker vs darkey

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: därk??r, IPA^(key): /?d??k?/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: därk??r, IPA^(key): /?d??k?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?(?)
• Hyphenation: dark?er

Adjective

darker

1. comparative form of dark: more dark

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