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Black Death
noun
Definition of
Black Death noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
the
Black Death
noun
[
singular
]
the name used for the very serious infectious disease (called
bubonic plague
) that killed millions of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century