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blacker

/ˈblækɚ/

blacker noun: one who blacks (in various senses). Also the comparative form of black.

Noun

blacker (plural blackers)

  1. One who blacks (in various senses).
    • Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota
  2. Someone who creates black MIDI music.
    • Blackers across the globe, many of them teens and preteens, are embroiled in a ferocious game of one-upsmanship, battling to see how many notes they can cram into a single composition. First it was 100K, then 500K, then a million—now upwards of five million notes are common.2013 December 30, Matt Earp, “Meet the 15-Year-Old Boy King of Black MIDI”, in VICE, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2023

Proper noun capitalized: Blacker

Blacker (plural Blackers)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

blacker is also the comparative form of black.

Forms of blacker

Noun
pluralblackers
Proper noun
pluralBlackers

Origin of blacker

From black + -er.

Phrases with blacker

Words that rhyme with blacker

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about blacker

What does blacker mean?
Blacker means one who blacks (in various senses).
What part of speech is blacker?
Blacker can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blacker?
Blacker is pronounced /ˈblækɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of blacker?
The plural of blacker is blackers.

Words near blacker in the dictionary

  1. blackenize
  2. blackenized
  3. blackenizes
  4. blackenizing
  5. blackens
  6. blacker
  7. blacker-eyed
  8. blacker-haired
  9. Blackerby
  10. Blackerbys
  11. blackers

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