black gang

English

Etymology 1

From black +‎ gang.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

1. (nautical) A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)

Derived terms

• black-ganger

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Noun

black gang (plural black gangs)

1. (politics, historical, derogatory) propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents

See also

• black gangster

Further reading

• 黑帮 (文革) on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Kwok-sing Li (1995) “Hei bang 黑幫 (Black gang)”, in Mary Lok, transl., A glossary of political terms of the People's Republic of China, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 148