Black
1. British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) • Syn: Joseph Black • Instance Hypernyms: chemist 2. popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) • Syn: Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple • Instance Hypernyms: actress 3. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) • Syn: Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid • Usage Domain: archaism (for: Negroid), archaism (for: Negro), archaism (for: blackamoor), ethnic slur (for: blackamoor) • Regions: Africa • Hypernyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul, person of color, person of colour • Hyponyms: Negress, Black man, Black woman, colored person, colored, darky, darkie, darkey, nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra, Tom, Uncle Tom, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny • Member Holonyms: Black race, Negroid race, Negro race
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