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Webster 1913 Edition

Negro

Ne′gro

(nē′grō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Negroes
(nē′grōz)
.
[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

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Negro bug
(Zool.)
,
a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor.
–
negro corn
,
the Indian millet or durra; – so called in the West Indies. See
Durra
.
McElrath.
–
Negro fly
(Zool.)
,
a black dipterous fly (
Psila rosae
) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; – called also
carrot fly
.
–
Negro head
(Com.)
,
Cavendish tobacco.
[Cant]
McElrath.
–
Negro monkey
(Zool.)
,
the
moor monkey
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Negro

NEGRO

,
Noun.
[It is remarkable that our common people retain the exact Latin pronunciation of this word, neger.] A native or descendant of the black race of men in Africa. The word is never applied to the tawny or olive colored inhabitants of the northern coast of Africa, but to the more southern race of men who are quite black.

Definition 2024

négro

négro

See also: negro, Negro, and ñegro

French

Noun

négro m, f ‎(plural négros)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar) nigger

Synonyms

Etymology

See nègre.

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