The difference between Blackamoor and Negro
Blackamoor is also noun with the meaning: a person with dark skin, especially (but not necessarily) one from northern africa.
Negro is also adjective with the meaning: relating to the black ethnicity.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blackamoor and Negro
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Blackamoor as a noun (archaic, offensive):
A person with dark skin, especially (but not necessarily) one from northern Africa
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Blackamoor as a noun:
a blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child
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Blackamoor as a noun (heraldry):
a stylized Negro
Examples:
"Argent, three blackamoors' heads couped sable, capped or, fretty gules."
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Negro as an adjective (dated, now, offensive):
Relating to the black ethnicity.
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Negro as an adjective (dated, now, offensive):
Black or dark brown in color.
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Negro as a noun (dated):