Obs. [A late form of BLOMAN, due to the original identity of blo, BLAE, and BLUE.] A negro; = BLOMAN.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, Rolls Ser. I. 157. Þe men of þe lond [Ethiopia] þat beþ blewe men. Ibid., VI. 379. Þe Blewman chaungeþ nouȝt liȝtliche his skyn.
1468. Mann. & Househ. Exp., 578. Richard Fyrthyng, a blewmane.
