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Mocambo

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mocambo is a noun meaning (now historical) A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.

Meaning

(now historical) A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.

Example Sentences

The mocambo represented an expression of social protest in a slave society.
The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.
Such meetings were held in Macaco, the largest mocambo, which housed five thousand blacks and the supreme chieftain.

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