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English word origin

Etymology of bozal

From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa. · Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”).

adj

Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.

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From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.

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Machine-source provenance
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