Meaning of brownface | Babel Free
/ˈbɹaʊnˌfeɪs/Definitions
A style of theatrical makeup in which a white person colours the face brown in order to represent somebody of another race.
uncountable
Examples
“The problem isn’t so much Lancaster’s unconvincing brownface makeup — though it looks as if it had been applied by the same heavy laborers who blacktopped Laurence Olivier for “Othello” — as it is the extremely un-Leonardian softness of his presence.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.