blackface

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(blak′fās′)

adjective

having a black or blackened face

noun

☆ black makeup used by a performer, as in a minstrel show

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noun
  1. Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of Black people, especially in a minstrel show.
  2. An actor wearing such makeup in a minstrel show.

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