ape vs blackamoor

ape

noun
  • An uncivilized person. 

  • Any such primate other than a human. 

  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. 

  • One who apes; a foolish imitator. 

verb
  • To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. 

  • To behave like an ape. 

adj
  • Wild; crazy. 

blackamoor

noun
  • A stylized Negro. 

  • A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child. 

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