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Definition of Black person
1. Noun. A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul, Person Of Color, Person Of Colour
Geographical relationships: Africa
Specialized synonyms: Negress, Black Man, Black Woman, Colored, Colored Person, Darkey, Darkie, Darky, Coon, Jigaboo, Nigga, Nigger, Nigra, Spade, Tom, Uncle Tom, Picaninny, Piccaninny, Pickaninny
Group relationships: Black Race, Negro Race, Negroid Race
Language type: Archaism, Ethnic Slur, Archaism, Archaism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Person
Literary usage of Black person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use of Both of the by Francis Wharton (1881)
"(203) Kidnapping—Attempt to carry off a black person, under Ohio stat. p. 51, §
15.(/) That AB, CD, EF, GH, IJ, and K L., late of said county, heretofore, ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Black person not synonymous. "Negro" Is not synonymous with the term "black
person," since the former does not Include all black persons, as does the latter ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"399, 403, 404, where it is also said: "We are of the opinion that the words '
white,' ' negro,' ' mulatto,' ' Indian,' and ' black person,' wherever they ..."
4. Juvenile Court Statistics 1994 by Jeffrey A. Butts (1998)
"Number of Cases White Person Property Drugs Public Order Black person Property
Drugs Public Order Other Races Person Property Drugs Public Order Case Rates ..."
5. Social Sciences for Knowledge and Decision Making by Oecd (2001)
"a) a White person? b) a Black person? c) an Asian person? • How much would you
want to live next door to: a) a White person? b) a Black person? c) an Asian ..."
6. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"... a visibly black person (even if the “black” characteristics are not very
marked), because social feedback will limit the choices for the black person in ..."
7. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1897)
"Every person employing a black person, unless he had a certificate with a county
seal ... They did not deem it right that one who employed a black person, ..."
8. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use of Both of the by Francis Wharton (1881)
"(203) Kidnapping—Attempt to carry off a black person, under Ohio stat. p. 51, §
15.(/) That AB, CD, EF, GH, IJ, and K L., late of said county, heretofore, ..."
9. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Black person not synonymous. "Negro" Is not synonymous with the term "black
person," since the former does not Include all black persons, as does the latter ..."
10. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"399, 403, 404, where it is also said: "We are of the opinion that the words '
white,' ' negro,' ' mulatto,' ' Indian,' and ' black person,' wherever they ..."
11. Juvenile Court Statistics 1994 by Jeffrey A. Butts (1998)
"Number of Cases White Person Property Drugs Public Order Black person Property
Drugs Public Order Other Races Person Property Drugs Public Order Case Rates ..."
12. Social Sciences for Knowledge and Decision Making by Oecd (2001)
"a) a White person? b) a Black person? c) an Asian person? • How much would you
want to live next door to: a) a White person? b) a Black person? c) an Asian ..."
13. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"... a visibly black person (even if the “black” characteristics are not very
marked), because social feedback will limit the choices for the black person in ..."
14. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1897)
"Every person employing a black person, unless he had a certificate with a county
seal ... They did not deem it right that one who employed a black person, ..."
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