blacker

See also: Blacker

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

black (verb) + -er

Noun

blacker (plural blackers)

  1. One who blacks.
    • 1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota:
      Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him []

Adjective

blacker

  1. comparative form of black: more black
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