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Sapphire en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A stereotype of an aggressive and domineering black woman.
   • When black women speak up about indignities, they are Sapphires. When black women stand up for their rights, they are Sapphires. 2010, C. Henderson, Imagining the Black Female Body:
   • Described as feisty wenches, seductive Jezebels, or loud and angry Sapphires, Black women's public persona has long been dominated by these images. 2019, Marquita M. Gammage, Antwanisha Alameen-Shavers, Challenging Misrepresentations of Black Womanhood:

Forms

Sapphire en · PROPN

Meanings

1. A female given name from English from the precious stone.
   • I asked her once how a little girl who didn't have blue eyes ended up being called Sapphire. She pursed her lips for a few seconds, clearly wondering how she could get away with not telling me. 'My older brother is called Mistral,' she said in the end. 'My younger sister is Blaze. I'd say I was the lucky one.' As I say, hippy parents. 2015, Sharon Bolton, Little Black Lies, Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 179:
2. A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Relateds

Sapphira