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Definition of Black English
1. Noun. A nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States.
Generic synonyms: American, American English, American Language
Examples of language type: Gangsta
Language type: Colloquialism
Definition of Black English
1. Proper noun. (synonym of African American Vernacular English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black English
Literary usage of Black English
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Black English Black English is a term going back only to 1969. ... During the
1970s a great deal was written about Black English. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"In a certain experiment, I crossed a black English rabbit with a blue non-English
rabbit. A male from this mating was black English in appearance, ..."
3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1847)
"Nathan G. Warren, Troy, four varieties of currants : Black English, Red Dutch,
Champagne, and White Dutch; two varieties of raspberries : Red and White ..."
4. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and by Talbot Baines Reed (1887)
"The following is a summary of the foreign and " learned" punches and matrices
included in this catalogue:— Anglo-Saxon - Arabic - Armenian Black, English ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"Directly over the landlord's head, as he sits on the piazza, there hangs a black
English swamp-robin, in a cage, presented to him by an English sea-captain. ..."
6. The Fruits and Fruit-trees of America: Or, the Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1900)
"A variety similar, and no way superior, to the Black English. BLACK GRAPE.
Ogden's Black Grape. Very much resembling Black Naples, but the plant, perhaps, ..."
7. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Black English Black English is a term going back only to 1969. ... During the
1970s a great deal was written about Black English. ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"In a certain experiment, I crossed a black English rabbit with a blue non-English
rabbit. A male from this mating was black English in appearance, ..."
9. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1847)
"Nathan G. Warren, Troy, four varieties of currants : Black English, Red Dutch,
Champagne, and White Dutch; two varieties of raspberries : Red and White ..."
10. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and by Talbot Baines Reed (1887)
"The following is a summary of the foreign and " learned" punches and matrices
included in this catalogue:— Anglo-Saxon - Arabic - Armenian Black, English ..."
11. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"Directly over the landlord's head, as he sits on the piazza, there hangs a black
English swamp-robin, in a cage, presented to him by an English sea-captain. ..."
12. The Fruits and Fruit-trees of America: Or, the Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1900)
"A variety similar, and no way superior, to the Black English. BLACK GRAPE.
Ogden's Black Grape. Very much resembling Black Naples, but the plant, perhaps, ..."
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