blackfellow

American  

[blak-fel-oh] / ˈblækˌfɛl oʊ /

Also blackfella

noun

Older Use: Usually Offensive.

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

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Etymology

Origin of blackfellow

First recorded in 1730–40; black + fellow

Example Sentences

So, pointing to them, he asked what was in the fire, and the blackfellow replied with one word "lubra."

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

The same writer mentions the case of a blackfellow, who began digging a grave close beside the kitchen door of a Mr. Campbell.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir