Kanaka

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kanacka \Ka*nack"a\, Kanaka \Ka*na"ka\, n. [Native name, prop.,
     a man.]
     A native of the Sandwich Islands.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.
     1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant,
        pejorative]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called
        also {Kanaka}. [Australia, pejorative]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]