darkey

== English == === Alternative forms === darky, darkie === Etymology === From dark + -ey. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹki/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːki/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki === Noun === darkey (plural darkeys) (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:person of color Coordinate term: whitey 1865 August 7, Jordan Anderson, "To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson", republished in the New York Daily Tribune: Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern. (Australia, New Zealand, now offensive) A luderick, blackfish, parore (Girella tricuspidata). ==== Translations ==== === See also === blackie === Anagrams === yarked