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Blackman, Originally Blæcmann, is an Old English name meaning "dark-haired" or "dark-complexioned". The name was once given to Danish Vikings who settled in southern Scotland. It is also listed in the genealogy of the kings of Bernicia. Early on, it was commonly used as a first name. Variations: Blackmann, Blachman, Blackmun, Blackmon, Blakeman.

Depending on how the old Anglo-Saxon blaec or blac were translated, the surname could also have had the exact opposite meaning from the above. "Blaec" meant dark/swarthy while blac meant fair/pale. The spelling of both words and their meanings were often confused and, over time, became interchangeable.

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When one of his wranglers, Jim Blackman, took a rest at a nearby ranch, Bedaux, through his New York publicity agent, blew it up into a tale of a cowboy gone missing in the wilderness.

No little red book, no reference to anybody named Blackman, no clippings, no cryptic notes, no personal correspondence.

The sapling shades had lengthened, The summer day was late, When Blackman met the trooper Beyond the homestead gate.

The bellows would cease abruptly as the blackman swung his long two-handled sword and the carcass fell with a thud that seemed to reverberate through the cavern.

Blackman wrote down were a mild discharge Kristin had noted over the last several months and occasional intermenstrual spotting, which she'd had as long as she could remember.

Blackman then took a detailed medical history, which impressed Kristin with its thoroughness.