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Meaning of bossale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/boʊˈsæl/

Definitions

A black African-born enslaved person in a French (or sometimes other European) colony, especially Haiti (as opposed to a slave born in the colony).

historical

Examples

“In Louisiana, French colonists relied on bossales later than elsewhere as they first imposed the slavery system on Amerindians only. The first slave ship carrying Africans arrived in 1719 […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Bossall Bossard Bossart Bosschieter bossdom Bosse