NEGROID

Black, African-American, Negro, Negroid

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Negroid (plural Negroids)

Alternative form of negroid

Anagrams

• Doering, Gironde, eroding, groined, ignored, nigredo, redoing

Etymology

Adjective

negroid (comparative more negroid, superlative most negroid)

(ethnology) having negro features racially. Pertaining to the racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.

Noun

negroid (plural negroids)

(ethnology) A person with negroid characteristics, particularly coiled hair and very high melanin content giving them dark brown skin

Anagrams

• Doering, Gironde, eroding, groined, ignored, nigredo, redoing

Source: Wiktionary


Ne"groid, a. Etym: [Negro + -oid.]

1. Characteristic of the negro.

2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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