blacker

See also: Blacker

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblækɚ/

Etymology 1

From black (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

blacker (plural blackers)

1. One who blacks.
   • 1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota:

     Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]

Etymology 2

Adjective

blacker

1. comparative form of black: more black