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blackfellow

noun
/ˈblakfɛləʊ/UK

Etymology

From black + fellow.

  1. derived from *legʰ-✻ — “to lie down”
  2. derived from *peḱ-✻ — “livestock; wealth”
  3. derived from félagi
  4. inherited from fēolaga
  5. inherited from felage — “companion, good friend”
  6. inherited from felowe
  7. formed as blackfellow — “black + fellow”

Definitions

  1. A (male) Australian Aboriginal.

    • He was squatting on the ground like a blackfellow, quiet and still and cunning.
    • It was as if the blackfellas were their property, and the Board could do with them as they saw fit.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA