blackfellow

[ blak-fel-oh ]

nounOlder Use: Usually Offensive.
  1. a term used to refer to an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Origin of blackfellow

1
First recorded in1730–40; black + fellow
  • Also black·fel·la [blak-fel-uh] /ˈblækˌfɛl ə/ .

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How to use blackfellow in a sentence

  • He was a tame blackfellow who had been educated at the Missionary Station.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
  • I can ride anything—anything that ever was lapped in horsehide—swim like a musk-duck, and track like a Myall blackfellow.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • People said he was as good as a blackfellow, but I never saw one that was as good as he was, all round.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • And how the young villain laughed till the tears came into his eyes, while he danced about like a blackfellow.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • At the first moment the stockman did not suspect any treachery, as he had seen no weapon in possession of the blackfellow.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale