NEGROES

NEGRO

Black, African-American, Negro, Negroid

(noun) a person with African ancestry, “Negro” and “Negroid” are archaic and pejorative today

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Negroes

plural of Negro

Anagrams

• Greenos, Greeson, engores

Noun

negroes

plural of negro

Anagrams

• Greenos, Greeson, engores

Source: Wiktionary


NEGRO

Ne"gro, n.; pl. Negroes (. Etym: [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]

Definition: 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, a.

Definition: of or pertaining to negroes; black. Negro bug (Zoöl.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor.

– negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see Durra. McElrath.

– Negro fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosæ) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly.

– Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] McElrath.

– Negro monkey (Zoöl.), the moor monkey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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