English Explanatory Dictionary

negro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to a black ethnicity.
  2. Black or dark brown in color.
noun
  1. A person of black African ancestry.
  2. A slave, especially one of African ancestry.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of negro.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈniɡɹoʊ/ /ˈnɪɡɹoʊ/ /ˈnɪɡɹə/ /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-negro.wav /ˈniːɡɹoʊ/

Word forms

negro negroes negros

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.

Synonyms

blackamoor black African-American

Related words

negress negritude negroid barro negro mulatto octaroon quadroon

Derived words

antinegro benegro house negro incognegro kneegrow magical negro magic negro negress negrification negrify negro ant Negrobilia negro bug negro corn negrodom negro fatigue negrofication negrofy negrohead Negrohood negro-house negroid negroish negroism negroization negroize Negroland negrolatry negro lethargy negrolike negrophile negrophilia negrophiliac negrophilic negrophilism negrophilist negrophobic negro powder negro spiritual negro yam New Negro wash a negro white white negro antinegroism Bush Negro Chigro negrette Negro-American Negrocentric negrocentrism Negro Felon League Negroness Negro nod Negrophobe Negrophobia Negro Question New Negro Movement
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