Definitions from Wiktionary (Jim Crow)
▸ noun: (obsolete, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Black man.
▸ noun: (historical) Southern United States racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively.
▸ noun: A fictional character from various minstrel show performances who is stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent, violent, and promiscuous Black man.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940.
▸ noun: (engineering) A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
▸ noun: (rail transport) A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
▸ adjective: Discriminatory against African Americans.
▸ adjective: Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
▸ verb: To work towards legislation that incorporates a discriminatory caste system or racial segregation.
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▸ noun: (obsolete, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Black man.
▸ noun: (historical) Southern United States racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively.
▸ noun: A fictional character from various minstrel show performances who is stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent, violent, and promiscuous Black man.
▸ noun: (military, historical) A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940.
▸ noun: (engineering) A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
▸ noun: (rail transport) A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
▸ adjective: Discriminatory against African Americans.
▸ adjective: Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
▸ verb: To work towards legislation that incorporates a discriminatory caste system or racial segregation.
▸ Also see jim_crow
▸ Words similar to jim crows
▸ Usage examples for jim crows
▸ Idioms related to jim crows
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by jim crows
▸ Words that often appear near jim crows
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