Definition of "darkey" in Englisch

noun

1. (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.

   • Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.

2. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.