A black man, esp. a black manservant. Cf. boy, n.1 1. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > black (5) black boy1594 A black man, esp. a black manservant. Cf. boy, n.1 1. Obsolete. boy1625 A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc. Used (chiefly by white people) with reference to non-white slaves and (in English-speaking… Cape boy1892 a Cape Coloured man or boy (see Cape Coloured adj. n.). Stepin Fetchit1940 A type of a shuffling, obsequious, black servant. Hence, any servile black man; an Uncle Tom. Also attributive. Subcategories:— woman (1) |
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