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black-clad en · ADJ

Etymology

From black + clad.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Dressed in black.
   • "Yes, you are exactly right. You have called the wayward child by its proper name," repliec the thin black-clad man in a deferential manner as he bowed his head briefly toward the black-clad woman, who had asked the question. 2010, Uta Christensen, Bed of Roses, Bed of Thorns:
   • An without warning they appear, the black-clad men, holding automatic rifles, their faces callous, their hands bloody, their three-cornered eyes hard. 2016, Yashar Kemal, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman:
   • Once again, those black-clad figures make a kind of grim visual poetry from the moment. 2016, Keith Gray, Carl Miller, Ostrich Boys:

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