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niggerdom

noun

Etymology

From nigger + -dom.

  1. derived from niger
  2. derived from negro
  3. borrowed from nègre
  4. suffixed as niggerdom — “nigger + dom”

Definitions

  1. The collective, realm, sphere, or activity of niggers.

    • It proved to niggerdom what a good nigger could be if he only fear God and obey his master in all things.
    • We were assured therefore, by the learned doctors, that the Thebans were not Africans, but a nobler race, and had none of the particularities of niggerdom.
    • In the words of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Independent Monitor, “The cutting [that is, castration]” of a local black “in [the] presence of crowds of his fellow niggers, has had a salutary influence over the whole of niggerdom hereabout. […]”

  2. The state of being a nigger.

    • That is the other side of the shield; is the price the hired nigger pays for his occasional freedom from his niggerdom, It is not in the least material however that we should settle which of the two slaveries is best or worst.
    • Suddenly feeling his “niggerdom” in a white environment, he determined to live in a black society.

The neighborhood

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