"blackless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: black + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|black|less}} black + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blackless (not comparable)
  1. Without black people. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-blackless-en-adj-D2EqWpxK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "2004, Carlyle Van Thompson, The tragic black buck: racial masquerading in the American literary imagination",
          "text": "Likewise, as Nick relates the disturbing presence of blacks, his analysis suggests that many white nationalists speculate on the possibility of a blackless country.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2009, Charles S Aiken, William Faulkner and the Southern Landscape",
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