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Definition of Negro

Negro
Negro Ne"gro, n.; pl. Negroes. [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.
Negro
Negro Ne"gro, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. Negro bug (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly (Psila ros[ae]) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. Negro monkey (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey.

Meaning of Negro from wikipedia

- In the English language, Negro (plural Negroes) is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Negroid heritage. The term can be construed...
- The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent...
- United States, the Magical Negro is a supporting stock character who comes to the aid of white protagonists in a film. Magical Negro characters, who often...
- spanning the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement...
- "El Negro" is the nickname of: Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro (1933-1994), Nicaraguan rebel Roberto Fontanarrosa (1944-2007), Argentine cartoonist Alejandro...
- Negro Swan is the fourth studio album by Blood Orange, an alias of British musician Dev Hynes. It was released on 24 August 2018 by Domino. The album...
- House Negro (also house ****) is a historical term for a house slave of African descent. Historically, a house Negro was a higher status than a field...
- The Negro Motorist Green Book (also The Negro Motorist Green-Book, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or simply the Green Book) was an annual guidebook for...
- I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 do****entary film directed by Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin's unfinished m****cript Remember This House. Narrated by...
- Matthew Del Negro (born August 2, 1972) is an American actor. Matthew Del Negro was born in Mount Kisco, New York, as the youngest of three children....
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