bloman

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blouȝman (Southern); blaman (Northern)
• blamon (AB language); bloamon (Cotton Nero)

Etymology

From blo (“blue, dark”) +‎ man (“man”), as a calque of Old Norse blámaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔ̝ːman/

Noun

bloman (plural blomen)

1. A black person (person with dark skin or of sub-Saharan African ancestry)

   Synonyms: blak man, blewman

References

• “blō-man, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.