English Explanatory Dictionary

negroid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
noun
  1. A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of negroid.

Word forms

negroid more negroid most negroid negroids

Etymology

From negro + -oid.

Related words

negro negress Africanoid Congoid

Derived words

groid 'groid normgroid
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