English Dictionary

nigger killer

名詞

古語 可算名詞 攻撃的 不可算名詞

(offensive, archaic) A kind of sweet potato. / (offensive, archaic, uncountable) Rum.

日本語の意味

（侮蔑的かつ古風な表現）サツマイモの一種 / （侮蔑的かつ古風な表現、数えられない名詞）ラム酒

In 19th-century cookbooks, nigger killer was listed as an ingredient, its name referring to an archaic variety of sweet potato that is now considered offensive.

19世紀の料理本には、さつまいもの一種を指す古い呼び名が材料として載っていましたが、その語は現在では差別的とみなされています。

意味（1）

(offensive, archaic) A kind of sweet potato.

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意味（2）

(offensive, archaic, uncountable) Rum.

This is in fact the poisonous stuff called 'nigger-killer ' which I have already spoken of.

意味（3）

(contains an ethnic slur) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nigger, killer (a killer of black people).

“Nigger killer!” ejaculates M‘Fadden, “let go there!”

nigger killers （ plural ）