Brewer's: Sambo

A pet name given to anyone of the negro race. The term is properly applied to the male offspring of a negro and mulatto, the female offspring being called Zamba. (Spanish, zambo, bowlegged; Latin, scambus.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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