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Negro

Negro Meaning & Definition
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.

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