Blackamoor

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Blakemor (first recorded use in 1210), from Old English blæc (“black”) + mór (“moor”). ==== Proper noun ==== Blackamoor A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6925). === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Blackamoor (plural Blackamoors) (obsolete or archaic, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of blackamoor. 1601, pronouncement of Queen Elizabeth I in 1601, Staying Power: the History of Black People in Britain, Peter Fryer[1]: highly discontented to understand the great numbers of negars and Blackamoors which (as she is informed) are crept into this realm... who are fostered and relieved [i.e. fed] her to the great annoyance of her own liege people, that want the relief [i.e. food], which those people consume, as also for that the most of them are infidels, having no understanding of Christ or his Gospel. === References === Blackburn District Towns & Villages, accessed on 2005-04-22 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “black”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === blockorama