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Jim Crow

Definitions: Jim Crow

Jim Crow

Noun

1. Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites.

2. A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Jim Crow

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Literature

Jim Crow Brought out at the Adelphi in 1836. The character of Jim Crow played by T. D. Rice, as the original of the "nigger minstrels" since so popular. A renegade or turncoat is called a Jim Crow, from the burden of the song, Wheel about and turn about. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mining

A portable hand-operated appliance for bending or curving rails. Itincorporates a strong buttress screw thread. (references)

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Synonyms: Jim Crow

Synonyms: color bar (n), color line (n), colour bar (n), colour line (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Jim Crow

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002)

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Commercial Usage: Jim Crow

DomainTitle

Books

  • American Nightmare: The History of Jim Crow (reference)

  • Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow (reference)

  • Jumpin' Jim Crow (reference)

  • Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop (reference)

  • What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do: Black Professional Women Workers During the Jim Crow Era (Women in Culture and Society) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Jim Crow

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Pallbearers with casket walking in front of sign reading "here lies Jim Crow" during the NAACP Detroit branch "Parade for Victory". Credit: Library of Congress.

Saint Augustine, Florida. Trainman signalling from a "Jim Crow" coach. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Expression: Jim Crow

Expression using "Jim Crow": jim crow car. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jim Crow

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jim crow law

318

jim crow

248

jim crow law picture

12

jim crow era

8

the strange career of jim crow

6

the rise and fall of jim crow

4
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Modern Translations: Jim Crow

Language Translations for "Jim Crow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vagon i veçantë për zezakët (jim crow car). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الزنجي (negro). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

огъвачка, негър (black, blackamoor, darky, negro, nigger, sambo), за негри. (various references)

   

Czech

  

èernoch (darky, negro, sambo). (various references)

   

French

  

noir, nègre. (various references)

   

German

  

schwarze (black, black woman, brunette, dark man, inner, papist), rassendiskriminierung (racial discrimination), nigger (coon, nigger). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

négerek számára fenntartott kocsi (jim crow car). (various references)

   

Italian

  

segregazione razziale (apartheid). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ジプシー音楽 (German, giant, giant panda, Giants, gibberellin, gym, gymkhana, gymnasium, gymnastics, gypsy music, gyro, gyrocompas, gyrocompass, gyrocopter, gyropilot, gyroscope, Jacquard, jar, jargon, jerk, jerky, jersey, journal, journalism, journalist, journalistic, journey, young people who sit on the ground or sidewalk). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ジ クロー . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imjay owcray

   

Portuguese

  

negro (black, blackamoor, Blacky, darkey, darky, ebon, mirk, murk, Negro, negroid, nigger, sable, sambo), dar o fora em (scat, shove off, take to one's heels). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rasism (racialism, racism), negru (black, blackened, Brown, coon, dark, dirtiness, dirty, foul, ghost writer, grimy, hidden, negro, nigger, penny-a-liner, sable, sun-burnt, swarthy, tawny, wicked). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

особый вагон для негров (jim crow car). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tramvaj samo za crnce (jim crow car). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

negro (black, black man, blacking, colored, coloured, coon, dark, ebony, gloom, gloomy, Negro, nigger, nig-nog, pitchy, Raven, sable, stout), discriminación racial (racial discrimination). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rasdiskriminerande, nigger (darkey, darky, nigger, spade), neger-, endast för negrer, diskriminering av negrer. (various references)

   

Thai

  

นโยบายการแบ่งแยกคนผิว"ำ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zenci düşmanı, zenci (african, black, blackamoor, Blackie, Blacky, buck, colored, coloured, coon, crow, darky, moke, negro, negroid, nigger, sambo, spade, uncle), ırkçı (ethnocentrist, racialist, racist, segregationist). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

расова дискрімінація. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

phân biệt chủng tộc đối với người Mỹ da đen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Jim Crow

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-j-m-o-r-w"

-2 letters: micro.

-3 letters: coir, corm, crow, worm.

-4 letters: cor, cow, cwm, jow, mir, moc, mor, mow, orc, rim, roc, rom, row.

-5 letters: jo, mi, mo, om, or, ow, wo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jim Crow


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 69 6D      43 72 6F 77

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01101001 01101101 00100000 01000011 01110010 01101111 01110111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#105 &#109 &#32 &#67 &#114 &#111 &#119

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0069 006D      0043 0072 006F 0077

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

447579237848189

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Jim Crow"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Thai

พจนานุกรมThaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, tailandese, たい", tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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