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negress

noun
/ˈniːɡɹɪs/

Etymology

From French négresse, feminine of nègre, equivalent to Negro + -ess.

  1. derived from *negʷ-✻ — “bare; night”
  2. derived from niger — “shiny black”
  3. borrowed from negro — “black”
  4. suffixed as negress — “Negro + ess”

Definitions

  1. A black female.

    • Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car. A negress acting as a chauffeur is still more extraordinary. Barely conceivable even in Harlem, but that was certainly where the car was from.
    • 1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)

  2. Alternative letter-case form of negress.

The neighborhood

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