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DARKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does darkey mean?
• DARKEY (noun)
The noun DARKEY has 1 sense:
1. offensive term for Black people
Familiarity information: DARKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensive term for Black people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("darkey" 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))
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