代笔作家 — meaning in English
dài bǐ zuò jiā
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English meaning
- blackamoor noun (dated) A person with very dark skin, especially someone from North Africa.
- ghostwriter noun Someone who is paid to write books or speeches that are credited to another person.
- negro noun A dated and now offensive term for a Black person, once in common formal use but now considered outdated and inappropriate.
Senses
代笔作家 is used for these senses in English:
- blackamoor (now, offensive) A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
- ghostwriter A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
- negro (dated, now, offensive) Relating to a black ethnicity.
- negro (dated, now, offensive) A person of black African ancestry.
blackamoor — full definition
- noun (dated) A person with very dark skin, especially someone from North Africa.
- noun (dated, offensive) An old term for a black person kept as a slave or worker, later used for anyone treated as inferior, including servants and children.
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