zambo
(ˈzæmbəʊ)
[a. Sp.: see sambo.]
1. = sambo 1.
| 1819 Hel. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt's Pers. Narr. IV. 430 He was..of a dark brown complexion like a Zambo. 1851 Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers xi. (1853) 72 In the sparse settlements of the country [sc. Mexico] you meet with a strange race—the cross of the negro with the ancient inhabitants of the country—the ‘zamboes’. 1896 W. E. Curtis Venezuela xii. 159 The zambos, the offspring of the imported negro and the native Indian stock. |
2. A species of American monkey.
| 1851 Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers i. (1853) 11 The ferocious zambo fills the woods with its hideous half-human voice. Ibid. 350 The ‘zambo’ monkey is one of the largest and fiercest of the family of quadrumana. |