moriaan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blackamoor noun (dated) A person with very dark skin, especially someone from North Africa.
Senses
moriaan is used for these senses in English:
- blackamoor (archaic, heraldry, now, offensive) A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa.
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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