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samboe

samboe is the alternative form of Sambo.

Meaning of Sambo

Noun

Sambo (plural Sambos)

  1. (derogatory) A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.
  2. (obsolete, offensive) A person of three quarters African descent and one quarter Caucasian descent.

See all 6 meanings of sambo

Forms of samboe

pluralsamboes

Questions about samboe

What is samboe the alternative form of?
Samboe is the alternative form of Sambo.

Words near samboe in the dictionary

  1. Samboan
  2. sambocade
  3. sambocades
  4. sambock
  5. sambocks
  6. samboe
  7. samboes
  8. Samboism
  9. sambok
  10. samboks
  11. sambol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samboe (page history and authors); Sambo (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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