English Explanatory Dictionary

barracoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A temporary cage for holding (originally) black slaves, and later convicts and other types of prisoners.

Word forms

barracoon barracoons

Etymology

From Spanish barracón, barraca.

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