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sambo
[ sam-boh ]
noun
- a term used to refer to a Black person, especially a male.
- Also zam·bo [] . Archaic. a term used to refer to a Latin American of Black and Native American ancestry, or a person of Black and white ancestry.
sambo
1/ ˈsæmbəʊ /
noun
- a type of wrestling based on judo that originated in Russia and now features in international competitions
sambo
2/ ˈsæmbəʊ /
noun
- slang.an archaic and taboo word for a Black person: once used as a term of address
- archaic.the offspring of a Black person and a member of another race or a mulatto
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- sambo wrestler, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sambo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sambo1
Origin of sambo2
Example Sentences
In Burkina Faso, we found reports about a football competition where the Russian national anthem was played, “friendship lessons” in schools where students are taught about Russia, a competition of the Soviet martial art “sambo”, first aid workshops for citizens and policemen, and a graffiti festival where participants drew Russian President Vladimir Putin alongside Burkina Faso’s former leader Thomas Sankara, all sponsored by African Initiative.
He took up judo, which he continued as a black belt during his presidency, and the Russian martial art of sambo, and stayed close to his childhood partners, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg.
A man like Sambo would be hard to miss.
Sambo was a skilled carpenter and would always claim that he was the son of an African king.
His first name was derived from a common West African name that came to be widely used and only later became a slur, largely because of a series of books written in 1899 about a character named Little Black Sambo.
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