blacker
See also: Blacker
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblækɚ/
Etymology 1
editFrom black (verb) + -er.
Noun
editblacker (plural blackers)
- One who blacks.
- 1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota:
- Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editblacker
- comparative form of black: more black