blackfellow

[ blak-fel-oh ]

noun

, Older Use: Usually Offensive.

1. a term used to refer to an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackfellow¹

First recorded in 1730–40; black + fellow

Example Sentences

He was a tame blackfellow who had been educated at the Missionary Station.

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I can ride anything—anything that ever was lapped in horsehide—swim like a musk-duck, and track like a Myall blackfellow.

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People said he was as good as a blackfellow, but I never saw one that was as good as he was, all round.

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And how the young villain laughed till the tears came into his eyes, while he danced about like a blackfellow.

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At the first moment the stockman did not suspect any treachery, as he had seen no weapon in possession of the blackfellow.

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