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darkey

UK/ˈdɑːki/US/ˈdɑɹki/

darkey noun: a person with dark skin.

Noun

darkey (plural darkeys)

  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A person with dark skin.
    • The windmill under the care of Mr. Kinney, a kind hearted old Englishman, was to me a source of infinite interest and pleasure. The old man always seemed pleased when he saw a troop of darkey little urchins, with their tow-linen shirts fluttering in the breeze, approaching to view and admire the...1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC
    • Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.1865 August 7, Jordan Anderson, "To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson", republished in the New York Daily Tribune
    Synonyms:
    BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
  2. (obsolete, slang) A dark lantern.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, offensive) A luderick, blackfish, parore (Girella tricuspidata).

darkey meaning in Bengali

darkey in Bengali

শ্যামলা, কালো চামড়ার একজন ব্যক্তি, একটি অন্ধকার লণ্ঠন, এক ধরনের মাছ

Synonyms of darkey

Forms of darkey

pluraldarkeys
alternative formdarky
alternative formdarkie

Origin of darkey

From dark + -ey.

Words that rhyme with darkey

Questions about darkey

What does darkey mean?
Darkey means a person with dark skin.
What is darkey in Bengali?
Darkey in Bengali is শ্যামলা, কালো চামড়ার একজন ব্যক্তি, একটি অন্ধকার লণ্ঠন. See Darkey meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is darkey?
Darkey is a noun.
How do you pronounce darkey?
Darkey is pronounced /ˈdɑɹki/ (US).
What is the plural of darkey?
The plural of darkey is darkeys.

Words near darkey in the dictionary

  1. darkest timeline
  2. darkest-eyed
  3. darkest-haired
  4. darkest-hearted
  5. darkest-skinned
  6. darkey
  7. darkeye
  8. darkeyes
  9. darkeys
  10. darkfall
  11. darkfic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: darkey (page history and authors); darkey (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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