ара́п

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nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
blackamoor, Moor, black man
Пушкин был пото́мком ара́па Петра Вели́кого.
Pushkin was a descendant of Peter the Great's blackamoor.
Dated and now offensive; found mainly in older literature.
2.
swindler, cheat, trickster, braggart
Э́тот ара́п сно́ва всех обману́л.
That swindler has cheated everyone again.
Colloquial; cf. the set phrase на арапа 'by bluffing'.

Declension