SAMBO


Meaning of SAMBO in English

■ noun ( plural ~s or ~es )

1》 offensive a black person.

2》 ( sambo ) historical a person of mixed race.

Origin

C18: sense 1 perh. from Fula sambo 'uncle'; sense 2 from Amer. Sp. zambo , denoting a kind of yellow monkey.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.