黒こく人じん兵へい

noun

black soldier; African-American soldier; buffalo soldier

Historical term referring to African-American soldiers, especially the Buffalo Soldiers of the 19th-century U.S. Army. Not a general term for any black soldier in modern contexts.

• 黒こく人じん兵へいは西せい部ぶ開かい拓たく時じ代だいに活かつ躍やくした。

  The buffalo soldiers played an active role during the westward expansion era.

• この映えい画がは黒こく人じん兵へいの歴れき史しを描えがいている。

  This film depicts the history of the African-American soldiers.