Phrase guide
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noun
A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
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noun
Black men or black people collectively; black culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article
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noun
An evil spirit, the bogeyman, a demon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
A German-derived game of tag, in which the tagging player is called the "black man".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of black man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a man who is Black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, man, adult male
Narrower terms: soul brother, boy
History
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