black gang

English

Etymology 1

From black +‎ gang.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. (nautical) A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. (politics, historical, derogatory) propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents
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