black man
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black man¹
noun black men · blackman
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A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.
I saw a black man with a dog and a white man on a bicycle.
Similar: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
- Black men or black people collectively; black culture. The state's policy of "separate but equal" was really about keeping the black man down.
- An evil spirit, the bogeyman, a demon. [H]e suspects everything he hears and sees to be a devil, or enchanted, and imagineth a thousand chimeras and visions, which to his thinking he certainly sees, bugbears, talks with black men, ghosts, goblins, etc.
- A German-derived game of tag, in which the tagging player is called the "black man". The one known as "black man" was particularly interesting. It was no doubt as ancient as civilization, and was simply a drama without words wherein one of the children assumed the part of the Old Feller and proceeded to harry and capture the other players who must run from one "base" to the next to
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, man. The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row 1, and the black men are placed opposite.
Black man²
noun Black men
- Alternative form of black man
Talk about this word "black man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/black%20man. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. black man. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/black%20man "black man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/black%20man.Cite this
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title = {black man},
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year = {2026},
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