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black⋅face

  [blak-feys]
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–noun
1. Theater.
a. an entertainer, esp. one in a minstrel show, made up in the role of a black.
b. the makeup, as burnt cork, used in this role: They performed in blackface.
2. Printing. a heavy-faced type.
Origin:
1695–1705; black + face
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black·face   (blāk'fās')   
n.  

  1. Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of Black people, especially in a minstrel show.

  2. An actor wearing such makeup in a minstrel show.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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