"cotton picker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cotton pickers [plural], cotton-picker [alternative]
Etymology: The ethnic slur is in reference to black slaves who worked on cotton plantations in the US. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cotton picker (plural cotton pickers)
  1. Someone who harvests cotton. Translations (1. Someone who harvests cotton): Baumwollpflücker [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-cotton_picker-en-noun-r5BtsuMW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of '1. Someone who harvests cotton': 91 9
  2. (ethnic slur) A black person. Tags: ethnic, slur
    Sense id: en-cotton_picker-en-noun-PG6l68SO Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73

Inflected forms

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