"Zip Coon" meaning in English

See Zip Coon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From an 1834 minstrel song titled "Ole Zip Coon" 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-mCKReiaw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10

Noun

Forms: Zip Coons [plural]
Etymology: From an 1834 minstrel song titled "Ole Zip Coon" 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-dxR0NpDv

Inflected forms

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