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Black Pete

Black Pete is the alternative form of Black Peter.

Meaning of Black Peter

Proper noun

Black Peter (plural Black Peters)

  1. The companion of Saint Nicholas in Dutch folklore, depicted as a blackamoor.
    • The young princes are beaten up on the street and bullied at school; they are flustered by the Dutch Christmas custom of blackface Black Peters who birch the naughty while St. Nicholas rewards the nice.2000 December 10, Michael Pye, “Displaced Person”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2019

Forms of Black Pete

pluralBlack Petes

Questions about Black Pete

What is Black Pete the alternative form of?
Black Pete is the alternative form of Black Peter.

Words near Black Pete in the dictionary

  1. black people's time
  2. black pepper
  3. black pepper snake
  4. black pepper snakes
  5. black persimmon
  6. Black Pete
  7. Black Peter
  8. Black Peters
  9. Black Petes
  10. black phosphorus
  11. black piedra

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