Definition of Jim crow

1. Noun. Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites.

Exact synonyms: Color Bar, Color Line, Colour Bar, Colour Line
Generic synonyms: Ideological Barrier

2. Noun. A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails.
Generic synonyms: Crowbar, Pry, Pry Bar, Wrecking Bar

Definition of Jim crow

1. Proper noun. (obsolete) A generic name for the Negro. ¹

2. Proper noun. (historical) Southern United States racism racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively. ¹

3. Noun. (military) A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940. ¹

4. Adjective. Discriminatory against African Americans. ¹

5. Adjective. Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jim Crow

jills
jills off
jillstrap
jillstraps
jilt
jilted
jiltee
jiltees
jilter
jilters
jilting
jiltings
jilts
jim-dandy
jim-jams
jim crow (current term)
jim dandy
jimador
jimboite
jimcrack
jimcracks
jimdandy
jimhickey
jiminy
jiminy cricket
jimjam
jimjams
jimmie
jimmied
jimmies

Literary usage of Jim crow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Race Distinctions in American Law by Gilbert Thomas Stephenson (1910)
"SEPARATION OF RACES IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES ORIGIN OF " jim crow " The phrase ... DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION PRIOR TO 1875 The first " jim crow " laws are ..."

2. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"jim crow. I CAM from ole Kentucky, A long time ago, Where I first larn to wheel about, And jump jim crow. Chorus. Wheel about and turn about, ..."

3. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"jim crow. I CAM from ole Kentucky, A long time ago, Where I first larn to wheel about, And jump jim crow. Chorus. Wheel about and turn about, ..."

4. The Voice of the Negro 1919 by Robert Thomas Kerlin (1920)
"abjectness of spirit he accepts jim crow cars, jim crow schools, jim crow hospitals, jim crow YMCA's, jim crow quarters in the cities, jim crow everything. ..."

5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"By that time provisions began to fail and eight men, including jim crow, were sent off down the river with ail the animals for new supplies. ..."

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