zambohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zambo_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezambo, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zambonoun

  1. 1.
    1819–
    1. 1819
      He was..of a dark brown complexion like a Zambo.
      H. M. Williams, translation of A. von Humboldt, Personal Narrative of Travels vol. IV. 430
    2. 1851
      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’.
      M. Reid, Rifle Rangers (1853) xi. 72
    3. 1896
      The zambos, the offspring of the imported negro and the native Indian stock.
      W. E. Curtis, Venezuela xii. 159
  2. 2.
    1851–
    A species of American monkey.
    1. 1851
      The ferocious zambo fills the woods with its hideous half-human voice.
      M. Reid, Rifle Rangers (1853) i. 11
    2. 1851
      The ‘zambo’ monkey is one of the largest and fiercest of the family of quadrumana.
      M. Reid, Rifle Rangers (1853) i. 350

zambo, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zambo, n. was last modified in December 2024.