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blackamoor
 
SYLLABICATION:black·a·moor
PRONUNCIATION:  blk-mr
NOUN: Offensive A dark-skinned person, especially a person from northern Africa.
ETYMOLOGY: black + -a-, of unknown origin + Moor.
 
 
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