Bozal
adj/boʊˈzæl/
Etymology
From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.
- borrowed from bozal
Definitions
Alternative letter-case form of bozal.
- They were libelled for salvage by the officers who took them up, and libelled as property by the miscreants called Spanish gentlemen who had bought them in Cuba, knowing them to be Bozal negroes fresh from Africa.
A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa.
Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”).
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Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
The neighborhood
- synonymsalt water slave
- synonymbossale
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA