"Zip Coon" meaning in All languages combined

See Zip Coon on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) where the character made its first appearance. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zip Coon
  1. A minstrel show character stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent black man incapable of assimilating into white American society.
    Sense id: en-Zip_Coon-en-name-zkeHV74Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: Zip Coons [plural]
Etymology: From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) where the character made its first appearance. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Zip Coon (plural Zip Coons)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of zip coon. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: zip coon
    Sense id: en-Zip_Coon-en-noun-nXMd1Ulp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0

Inflected forms

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