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black-clad

black-clad adjective: dressed in black.

Adjective

black-clad (not comparable)

  1. Dressed in black.
    • "Yes, you are exactly right. You have called the wayward child by its proper name," repliec the thin black-clad man in a deferential manner as he bowed his head briefly toward the black-clad woman, who had asked the question.2010, Uta Christensen, Bed of Roses, Bed of Thorns
    • An without warning they appear, the black-clad men, holding automatic rifles, their faces callous, their hands bloody, their three-cornered eyes hard.2016, Yashar Kemal, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman

Forms of black-clad

alternative formblackclad

Origin of black-clad

From black + clad.

Questions about black-clad

What does black-clad mean?
Black-clad means dressed in black.
What part of speech is black-clad?
Black-clad is an adjective.

Words near black-clad in the dictionary

  1. black-capped petrels
  2. black-capped tinamou
  3. black-capped tinamous
  4. black-chinned siskin
  5. black-chinned siskins
  6. black-clad
  7. black-coated
  8. black-collar
  9. black-crested antshrike
  10. black-crested antshrikes
  11. black-crested tit

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