black man

noun4

1. •
   A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.

   • I saw a black man with a dog and a white man on a bicycle.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) Black men or black people collectively; black culture.

   • The state's policy of "separate but equal" was really about keeping the black man down.
3. •
   (no longer used) An evil spirit, the bogeyman, a demon.
4. •
   (no longer used) A German-derived game of tag, in which the tagging player is called the "black man".

   • […] played black man and one-two-three on the cobbled streets! — 1929