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AFRICO

n.p. A negro slave.

Historical Citations (3)

  1. "Here we met with ye Barbadoes Merchant ... James Cock, Master, laden with Salt, Mules, and Africos."—Hedges, Diary, Feb. 27. [Hak. Soc. i. 16.]
  2. "Kerseys, Agam colours."—Foster, Letters, ii. 237.
  3. "Persia will vent five hundred cloths and one thousand kerseys, Agam colours, per annum."—Ibid. ii. 237.]

From Hobson-Jobson by Yule & Burnell, 1886.