Blackfaced

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a black face. not-comparable

    "“Señor Ponte, bet on Bandito,” Manny yelled, lifting his blackfaced bird as it expanded and ruffled its feathers"

  2. 2
    Wearing blackface theater makeup. not-comparable

    "Among the most popular forms of theatrical entertainment in the nineteenth-century American theatre were the blackfaced minstrel troupes."

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"“Señor Ponte, bet on Bandito,” Manny yelled, lifting his blackfaced bird as it expanded and ruffled its feathers"

Etymology

from black + faced

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