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BLACK MAN
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Dictionary entry overview
• BLACK MAN (noun)
The noun BLACK MAN has 1 sense:
1. a man who is Black
Familiarity information: BLACK MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who is Black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Black man" is a kind of...):
Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Black man"):
soul brother (a fellow Black man)
boy ((ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man)
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