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black⋅a⋅moor
[blak-uh-moo
r] 
–noun Now Usually Offensive.
| 1. | a black person. |
| 2. | any dark-skinned person. |
Origin:
1540–50; unexplained var. of phrase black Moor
1540–50; unexplained var. of phrase black Moor
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| black·a·moor (blāk'ə-mŏŏr') n. Offensive A dark-skinned person, especially a person from northern Africa. [black + -a-, of unknown origin + Moor.] |
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Blackamoor
Black"a*moor\, n. [Black + Moor.] A negro or negress. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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