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代笔作家 — meaning in English

dài bǐ zuò jiā

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English meaning

  • blackamoor noun A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
  • ghostwriter noun 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  • negro noun A dated and now offensive term for a Black person, once in common formal use but now considered outdated and inappropriate.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

  1. noun A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
  2. noun A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

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