† ˈblueman Obs.
[A late form of bloman, due to the original identity of blo, blae, and blue.]
A Negro; = bloman.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 157 Þe men of þe lond [Ethiopia] þat beþ blewe men. Ibid. VI. 379 Þe Blewman chaungeþ nouȝt liȝtliche his skyn. 1468 Mann. & Househ. Exp. 578 Richard Fyrthyng, a blewmane. |