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Black Peter
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English
thumb|right|150px|Saint Nicholas and Black Peter.
Alternative forms
en Black Pete
Etymology
en nl Zwarte Piet.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Black Peter.wav US
Proper noun
+ Black Peter
The companion of Saint Nicholas in Dutch folklore, depicted as a blackamoor.
10 December 2000 Michael Pye Displaced Person https://web.archive.org/web/20190801121246/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/10/reviews/001210.10pyelt.html The young princes are beaten up on the street and bullied at school; they are flustered by the Dutch Christmas custom of blackface Black Peters who birch the naughty while St. Nicholas rewards the nice.
Translations
Black Peter
Dutch: nl Zwarte Piet
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Swarte Pyt
German: de Schwarzer Peter m
Indonesian: id Pit Hitam
Javanese: jv Piet Ireng
Polish: pl Zwarte Piet m
Russian: ru Чёрный Пит m
See also
en Sinterklaas, Dutch translation of Saint Nicholas.
Further reading
Zwarte Piet
en Characters from folklore Christmas