Meaning of samboe | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B1]
Examples
“"A samboe," says he, "is the nearest remove⟳ from black, being the child of a mulatto father and a negro woman, or vice versa; a mulatto is the offspring of a white man by a negress;" .. Among all these names, hard to pronounce and harder to remember⟳, the samboe or mongrel, as it is oftener called, the mulatto and the mustee, are the only distinctions between the black and white that really pass⟳ current, though more have⟳ been defined;”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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