Black Death Definition
noun
A pandemic of bubonic plague and related diseases that devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
Webster's New World
An outbreak of virulent plague, especially its bubonic form, that killed large numbers of people throughout Europe and much of Asia in the 14th century.
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Origin of Black Death
Ultimately translation of Scandinavian terms for the bubonic plague, such as Swedish (den) svarta döden (the) black death (possibly in reference to the dark lesions and gangrene caused by bubonic plague, or to the general gloom prevailing during epidemics) svart black död death
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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