BOOTBLACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bootblack mean? 

• BOOTBLACK (noun)
  The noun BOOTBLACK has 1 sense:

1. a person who polishes shoes and boots

  Familiarity information: BOOTBLACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOTBLACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who polishes shoes and boots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bootblack; shoeblack

Hypernyms ("bootblack" is a kind of...):

unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)

 Context examples 

Then he flattered himself that he looked like a true Briton, but the first time he had the mud cleaned off his shoes, the little bootblack knew that an American stood in them, and said, with a grin, There yer har, sir.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)