sb. and a. Obs. [f. BLACK + MORIAN (in Coverdale).] Ethiopian, Negro.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 78 b. Out of the chirche þou blacke moryan, out of the chirche thou man of ynde.
a. 1563. Bale, Sel. Wks. (1849), 177. When the blackamorian change his skin, and the cat of the mountain her spots.
1631. Heywood, F. Maide West, Wks. 1874, II. 328. To the black a Morrian king.
