blackface

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The practice in which a nonblack person blackens their face using theatrical makeup in order to portray a caricature of a black person.
2. noun A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
3. noun Synonym of boldface.

Similar words

minstrel minstrelsy brownface blackfacing chocolate face blackskin pale face buttface panface paleface

Often followed by

minstrelsy and minstrel in performance minstrels sheep makeup was

Word family

blackfaces