1. A black, a negro: often used without the article after the fashion of a proper name. Cf. darky.
1815. Moore, Epist. Tom Crib, 1. Aye, even Blackey cries shame.
1854. Thackeray, Newcomes, I. 35. He swore he would demolish blackeys ugly face.
1863. Athenæum, No. 1858, 737/2. Overseers who flog their blackies unmercifully.
2. Sc. and north. = Black one; also = blackbird.