Definition of Negroes

1. Noun. (plural of Negro) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of negro) ¹

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Definition of Negroes

1. negro [n] - See also: negro

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negroes

negotiosities
negotiosity
negotious
negress
negresses
negrita
negritic
negrito
negritude
negritudes
negro
negro peach
negro pepper
negro spiritual
negro vine
negroes (current term)
negroid
negroid race
negroidal
negroids
negroism
negroisms
negrolike
negroni
negronis
negrophil
negrophils
negrophobe
negrophobes
negrophobia

Literary usage of Negroes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In the negroes, to the number of 200, in Northern his own house nightly, ... After the revolution the free negroes were quickened to exertions in many ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"negroes ln the United States Are we making good? Mrs. BT Washington. Ind 84:32 O 4 '15 Birth of a nation: a motion picture drama Neil, Marlon Harris- Making ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For economic and other reasons negroes were not numerous in the North. In the diversified industries of that section slave labour was not regarded as ..."

4. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"However, certain other negroes have taken advantage of the rift between ... They have played upon racial sentiment to establish separate unions for negroes, ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1896)
"In Philadelphia, which was known through the South as the paradise of negroes, the white population was to the free negro population as twenty-four to one, ..."

6. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"negroes who shall be found with coffee in their possession, and conducted to prison. 1735. The Spanish Company of Cuba was formed and endowed with exclusive ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"And subsequently, "I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, Patsy 11 end rick, three negroes, viz., Joe, 1'arker, and Willis. I also give her one-half of ..."

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