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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1581
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Blak-more, -moir, n. [e.m.E. blake More (1547), blacke More (1548).] A blackamoor, negro. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. liv. (heading).
Of ane blak moir 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 146.
As a blak more of India can not be denominat quhyt
