"brownface" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From brown + face, based on earlier blackface. Etymology templates: {{af|en|brown|face}} brown + face Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brownface (uncountable)
  1. A style of theatrical makeup in which a white person colours the face brown in order to represent somebody of another race. Tags: uncountable Related terms: blackface, redface, transface, whiteface, womanface, yellowface
    Sense id: en-brownface-en-noun-Cs8Bgm~R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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