black gang

English

Etymology 1

From black +‎ gang.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. (nautical) A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 / 黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. (politics, historical, derogatory) A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against his opponents.
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