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Negro Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Negro? [n] a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [adj] relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair Synonyms \| Synonyms for Negro: Black \| black \| black person \| blackamoor \| Negroid Related Terms \| Find terms related to Negro: American Indian \| Amerind \| Australian aborigine \| black \| black man \| blackfellow \| boy \| brown man \| burrhead \| Bushman \| Caucasian \| colored person \| coon \| darky \| gook \| honky \| Indian \| jigaboo \| jungle bunny \| Malayan \| Mister Charley \| Mongolian \| Negrillo \| Negrito \| nigger \| niggra \| ofay \| Oriental \| paleface \| pygmy \| Red Indian \| red man \| redskin \| slant-eye \| spade \| the Man \| WASP \| white \| white man \| whitey \| yellow man See Also \| Black man \| Black race \| Black woman \| colored \| colored person \| coon \| darkey \| darkie \| darky \| jigaboo \| Negress \| Negro race \| Negroid race \| nigger \| nigra \| person of color \| person of colour \| picaninny \| piccaninny \| pickaninny \| spade \| Tom \| Uncle Tom Negro In Webster's Dictionary \Ne"gro\, n.; pl. {Negroes}. [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.] A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found. \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. {Negro bug} (Zo["o]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. {negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see {Durra}. --McElrath. {Negro fly} (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila ros[ae]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}. {Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. {Negro monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey.

Negro Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Negro?

[n] a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
[adj] relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

Negro In Webster's Dictionary

\Ne"gro\, n.; pl. {Negroes}. [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro
black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark
persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and
are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and
thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed
African blood, wherever found.


\Ne"gro\, a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.

{Negro bug} (Zo["o]l.), a minute black bug common on the
   raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable
   flavor.

{negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the
   West Indies. see {Durra}. --McElrath.

{Negro fly} (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila
   ros[ae]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to
   carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}.

{Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.

{Negro monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey.

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