nigra
noun/ˈnɪɡɹə/
Etymology
A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.
Definitions
A black person.
- She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.
Alternative form of Negro.
- You can be very Christian and American, if you don't have any Nigras.
- Listen, there's plenty of Nigras in this town have more money than you or I put together. There's Nigras driving great big Cadillacs all over Atlanta.
- “There's a nigra in the middle section,” she yelled, leaning forward. “A nigra in the middle section!”
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nigra. 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