SAMBO


Meaning of SAMBO in English

n. (pl. -os or -oes) 1 sl. offens. a Black person. 2 (sambo) hist. a person of mixed race esp. of Negro and Indian or Negro and European blood.

[ Sp. zambo perh. = zambo bandy-legged; sense 1 perh. a different word f. Foulah sambo uncle ]

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