negro
see also: Negro
Pronunciation Adjective
Negro
Pronunciation Noun
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see also: Negro
Pronunciation Adjective
negro (not comparable)
- (dated, now, offensive) Relating to the black ethnicity.
- (dated, now, offensive) Black or dark brown in color.
- German: schwarz
negro (plural negroes)
- (dated) Alternative letter-case form of Negro#English|Negro
- 1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found (page 141)
- The negroes believe that its presence has a sanitary effect upon their cattle […]
- 1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found (page 141)
- blackamoor
- black, Black
- African-American qual nonstandard, US
Negro
Pronunciation Noun
negro (plural negroes or Negros)
- (dated, often, offensive) A person with black or dark brown skin and of sub-Saharan African descent.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
- Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
- French: nègre
- German: Neger (dated, derogatory), Negerin (dated, derogatory), Mohr (dated), Mohrin (dated), Maximalpigmentierter (humorous), Negerlein (diminutive), Negerchen (diminutive)
- Italian: nero, nera, negro
- Portuguese: negro, negra
- Russian: (neutral) негр
- Spanish: negro, negra
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