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View synonyms for Black Death

Black Death

noun

  1. a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated quarter of the population.

Black Death

noun

  1. the Black Death
    a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people See bubonic plague

Black Death

  1. An epidemic of plague, especially its bubonic form, that occurred in outbreaks between 1347 and 1400. It originated in Asia and then swept through Europe, where it killed about a third of the population.

Black Death

  1. A disease that killed nearly half the people of western Europe in the fourteenth century. It was a form of the bubonic plague .

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Black Death1

First recorded in 1815–25

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