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blacktress

blacktress noun: an African American woman who is a pioneer of the film industry.

Noun

blacktress (plural blacktresses)

  1. (rare, slang) An African American woman who is a pioneer of the film industry.
    • […] this literary/arts center presents Manifesto Night, with readings by such notable playwrights, poets, teachers, and blacktresses as John Baldessari, Max Benevidez, Pam Gregg, Sue Spaid, David Schweizer, and Ms. Vaginal Creme Davis.1991, The Advocate, numbers 585-588

Forms of blacktress

pluralblacktresses

Origin of blacktress

Blend of black + actress.

Questions about blacktress

What does blacktress mean?
Blacktress means an African American woman who is a pioneer of the film industry.
What part of speech is blacktress?
Blacktress is a noun.
What is the plural of blacktress?
The plural of blacktress is blacktresses.

Words near blacktress in the dictionary

  1. blacktopping
  2. blacktops
  3. Blacktown
  4. blacktracker
  5. blacktrackers
  6. blacktress
  7. blacktresses
  8. blackula
  9. blackulas
  10. Blackville
  11. blackvoice

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