noun
: an outdoor farm laborer ; specifically : a Negro slave in America before 1865 who worked in the fields in distinction from one employed about the house of the master
noun
: an outdoor farm laborer ; specifically : a Negro slave in America before 1865 who worked in the fields in distinction from one employed about the house of the master
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012