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DARKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does darkey mean? 

DARKEY (noun)
  The noun DARKEY has 1 sense:

1. offensive term for Black people

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DARKEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensive term for Black people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

darkey; darkie; darky

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

Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))


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