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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.]


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


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]