pombeiro

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Etymology

Compare Portuguese pombeiro.

Noun

pombeiro m (plural pombeiros)

  1. a slave trader in Africa, usually black
    • 2005, María Cristina Navarrete, Génesis y desarrollo de la esclavitud en Colombia siglos XVI y XVII, page 114:
      Este comerci se hacía en Angola a través de los pumberos o pombeiros, comerciantes intermediaros, algunas veces blancos, a menudo mulatos o esclavos de confianza que viajaban a los pumbos o mercados del interior y trían caravanas de esclavos a la costa.
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