caboceer

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noun

A native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.

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Meanings

nouncaboceer (plural caboceers)

plural caboceers

  1. historicalA native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.

    The king received goods equal to the value of six slaves and his caboceers goods equal to two slaves.

    1973, Edgar Allan Toppin, The Black American in United States History, page 2

Origin

Related to Portuguese cabeça (“head”).

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APA

caboceer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboceer

MLA

“caboceer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboceer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caboceer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caboceer.

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