an entertainer, especially in a minstrel or vaudeville show, made up in the role of a Black person. By the mid-20th century, these entertainers had declined in popularity because their comic portrayal of negative racial stereotypes was considered offensive.
facial makeup, as burnt cork, used in this role: They appeared in blackface.
imitation of Black skin tone, speech, traditional dress, etc., by a person who is not Black: White rappers are performing vocal blackface when they rap in a dialect they appropriated from the African American community.
Printing. a heavy-faced type, usually darker than boldface.
Origin of blackface
First recorded in 1695–1705; black + face
Words nearby blackface
Black English, Blackett, black eye, black-eyed pea, black-eyed Susan, blackface, blackfellow, blackfellow's bread, Black Ferns, black-figure, blackfin