English Explanatory Dictionary

zip coon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black man.
  2. A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
name
  1. A minstrel show character stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent black man incapable of assimilating into white American society.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of zip coon.

Word forms

zip coon zip coons zip-coon

Etymology

From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named Zip Coon. The song stereotypically portrays Zip Coon as unintelligent and incapable of assimilating into white American society.

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