blackface

/หˆblรฆkหŒfeษชs/

IPA: /B L AE1 K F EY0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.

    โ€œThe Canadian prime minister faced harsh criticism from the news media after several photographs of him wearing blackface surfaced on the internet.โ€

  2. 2

    A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.

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