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Definition of Negro
1. Adjective. 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.
2. Noun. A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul, Person Of Color, Person Of Colour
Geographical relationships: Africa
Specialized synonyms: Negress, Black Man, Black Woman, Colored, Colored Person, Darkey, Darkie, Darky, Coon, Jigaboo, Nigga, Nigger, Nigra, Spade, Tom, Uncle Tom, Picaninny, Piccaninny, Pickaninny
Group relationships: Black Race, Negro Race, Negroid Race
Language type: Archaism, Ethnic Slur, Archaism, Archaism
Definition of Negro
1. n. 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.
2. a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Definition of Negro
1. Noun. (dated) A person with black or dark brown skin. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: dated offensive) Relating to the black ethnicity. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: dated offensive) Black or dark brown in color. ¹
4. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Negro) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Negro
1. a dark-skinned African [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Negro
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Origin: 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.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Negro
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