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negro

adj
/ˈniɡɹoʊ/US/ˈnɪɡɹoʊ//ˈniːɡɹəʊ/UK/ˈniːɡɹoʊ/US/ˈnɪɡɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.

  1. derived from *negʷ-✻ — “bare; night”
  2. derived from niger — “shiny black”
  3. borrowed from negro — “black”

Definitions

  1. Relating to a black ethnicity.

  2. Black or dark brown in color.

  3. A person of black African ancestry.

    • The negroes believe that its presence has a sanitary effect upon their cattle […]
    • What Peter said was true but she hated to hear it from a negro and a family negro, too. Not to stand high in the opinion of one's servants was a humiliating a thing as could happen to a Southerner.
    • There were two negros who were guilty of thieving; he went and had them both shot, and gave notice that he would put all to death who kept disturbing the property of the white people, and kept confusion in their land.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

    2. Alternative letter-case form of negro.

      • The rickets were sold to sex-starved who had weird ideas about Negro women.

    3. Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed…

      Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.

      • The Negro-African language theory was proposed.

    4. A surname.

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Derived

antinegro, benegro, house negro, incognegro, kneegrow, magical negro, magic negro, negress, negrification, negrify, negro ant, Negrobilia, negro bug, negro corn, negrodom, negro fatigue, negrofication, negrofy, negrohead, Negrohood, negro-house, negroid, negroish, negroism, negroization, negroize, Negroland, negrolatry, negro lethargy, negrolike, negrophile, negrophilia, negrophiliac, negrophilic, negrophilism, negrophilist, negrophobic, negro powder, negro spiritual, negro yam · +3 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for negro. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA