Blackfellow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblakfɛləʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackfellow is a noun meaning (Australia, now usually considered offensive, ethnic slur) A (male) Australian Aboriginal.
Meaning
(Australia, now usually considered offensive, ethnic slur) A (male) Australian Aboriginal.
Example Sentences
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.
Most police officers had no blackfella cultural background, no knowledge of Aboriginal priorities in life, yet they were the power in the town.
A blackfella and a whitefella are sitting at the bar. The whitefella says to the blackfella eh boss, whadya reckon? The blackfella says since you ask, I consider it a metaphor of the historic case of the Coorong massacre of 1840.
Word Forms
- blackfellows
- blackfella
- blackfellah
- blackfeller
- black fellow
- blackfulla
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blackfella, blackfellah, blackfeller, fellow, whitefulla, fella.
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