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Wiktionary

  1. n. A (male) member of a racial group having dark skin colouring, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.
  2. n. An evil spirit, a demon.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a man who is Black

Examples

  • “The back of his shirt was peppered with sweat by midday, and while the blacks ate their sandwiches of company-store balogna and potted meat in a grove of gum trees, he tethered his horse under a solitary live oak in the middle of a pepper field and sat in a folding chair a black man hand-carried to him for that purpose.”

    Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

  • “At sunset an elderly black man named Batist helped me close up the bait shop and chain-lock our rental boats to the pilings under the dock.”

    Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

  • “About the time we lived across from River Bend, our momma had an old black man who worked for her named Les.”

    Simon & Schuster: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’

  • ““Many times in my career I was complimented on my surgical technique,” Dr. Spencer said, “and I will admit that a good many people were shocked when I told them I learned my surgical technique from a black man who had only a high school education.””

    Simon & Schuster: Manifesting Michelangelo

  • “In a 1996 case in Brooklyn, several Crown Heights Shomrim members were accused of beating a black man whose nephew they suspected of bike theft.”

    USA Today: Orthodox communities rely on patrols for safety

  • “Her body was found just before dawn the next morning by a black man who was running his trotlines in the swamp.”

    Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

  • “And Jewish Americans like Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were willing to die alongside a black man – James Chaney – on behalf of freedom and equality.”

    Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: AIPAC Policy Conference

  • “As I mentioned earlier, a black man on top is a threat in America, but also some in the community felt he did a disservice to black women with songs like “Me So Horny” and “Pop That Coochie.””

    Simon & Schuster: Magic City

  • “He led a team that included three other lawyers to represent Hernando Williams, a black man who in 1978 was charged with kidnapping, raping and shooting Linda Goldstone, who was white and the wife of a prominent Chicago obstetrician.”

    Simon & Schuster: Defending the Damned

  • “Dude," said Lash Jefferson, a wiry black man with a newly shaved scalp, wearing mirror shades.”

    You Suck

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  • vanishedone Yes, it's an old name for an evil spirit or devil (possibly attested from 1591 according to the O.E.D.). One of the less fortunate parts of folklore. Jan 12, 2009

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