blackfaced

English

Etymology

from black +‎ faced

Adjective

blackfaced (not comparable)

1. Having a black face.
   • 2002, Tina Matlock, Guava and Cheese, page 33:

     “Señor Ponte, bet on Bandito,” Manny yelled, lifting his blackfaced bird as it expanded and ruffled its feathers

2. Wearing blackface theater makeup.
   • 1996, Barry Witham, Theatre in the United States - A Documentary History, page 160:

     Among the most popular forms of theatrical entertainment in the nineteenth-century American theatre were the blackfaced minstrel troupes.

Antonyms

• whitefaced