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blackface definition

black·face (blak′fās′)

adjective

having a black or blackened face

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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