English

Vaudevillian Bert Williams in blackface, 1921

Noun

blackface ‎(countable and uncountable, plural blackfaces)

1. (uncountable) A style of theatrical makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face in order to portray a negro.
2. (countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.

Related terms

• brownface
• redface
• whiteface
• yellowface

See also

• blackfaced