Jim Crow

 
Pronunciation: /ʤɪmˈkrəʊ/

noun

US
  • 1 [mass noun] the former practice of segregating black people in the US: eventually Jim Crow was abolished on interstate carriers [as modifier]: Jim Crow laws
  • [count noun] offensive a black person.
  • 2an implement for straightening iron bars or bending rails by screw pressure.

Derivatives

Jim Crowism

noun

Origin:

mid 19th century: the name of a black character in a 19th-century plantation song