Middle English Dictionary Entry
bleu-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bleu-man n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. blo-man.
1.
An Ethiopian; ?also a blackamoor or a negro; blewman land, Ethiopia.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.207 : Þat is acounted byȝonde þe side of Ethiopia, blew men londe [L Æthiopiæ].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.379 : Þe Blewman [vr. Bloman; Higd.(2): a man of Ethioppe] chaungeþ nouȝt liȝtliche his skyn.
- (1468) Acc.Howard in RC 57578 : Richard Fyrthyng, a blewmane.