Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.

1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant, pejorative] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also Kanaka. [Australia, pejorative] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), v. i. to engage in the slave trade. [Colloq.]

[PJC]

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Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zool.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing. [1913 Webster]

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blackbird

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.

1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant]

2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also Kanaka. [Australia]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)