Barracoon Definition

bărə-ko͝on
noun
A barracks in which slaves or convicts were formerly held in temporary confinement.
American Heritage
An enclosure or barracks, formerly used for temporarily confining slaves or convicts awaiting transportation.
Webster's New World

The temporary cage for slaves and indentured servants in the Louisiana Territory and French colonial Africa.

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Other Word Forms of Barracoon

Noun

Singular:
barracoon
Plural:
barracoons

Origin of Barracoon

  • Spanish barracón augmentative of barraca hut barrack1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Spanish barracón, barraca.

    From Wiktionary

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