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caboceer

caboceer noun: a native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.

Noun

caboceer (plural caboceers)

  1. (historical) A native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.
    • The king received goods equal to the value of six slaves and his caboceers goods equal to two slaves.1973, Edgar Allan Toppin, The Black American in United States History, page 2

Forms of caboceer

pluralcaboceers

Origin of caboceer

Related to Portuguese cabeça (“head”).

Questions about caboceer

What does caboceer mean?
Caboceer means a native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.
What part of speech is caboceer?
Caboceer is a noun.
What is the plural of caboceer?
The plural of caboceer is caboceers.

Words near caboceer in the dictionary

  1. cabobbled
  2. cabobbles
  3. cabobbling
  4. cabobs
  5. caboc
  6. caboceer
  7. caboceers
  8. caboched
  9. Cabochien
  10. cabochon
  11. cabochons

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