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Alternative forms
negro

Noun
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1. archaic A person of sub-Saharan African descent.

#*Encyclopaedia Britannica, "negro," 11th ed., page 344,
#*: In certain of the characteristics . . . the negro would appear to stand on a lower evolutionary plane than the white man, and to be more closely related to the highest anthropoids. The characteristics are length of arm, prognathism, a heavy massive cranium with large zygomatic arches, flat nose depressed at base, &c.

1. archaic A person with black or dark brown skin.

#*1963, w:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, w:Letter from a Birmingham Jail|Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
#*: Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.

Derived terms
negress / Negress
negroid / Negroid

Translations

Albanian: arap, zezak
Chiricahua: indaadi�hi�ú, indaa di�hilénde
Dutch: neger m, negerin f
Finnish: neekeri
German: Neger m, Negerin f
Hungarian: néger
Mescalero: �izhínde, t�eeshínde
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Navajo: Naakaii �izhinii, Zhinii
Portuguese: negro m, negra f
Russian: нег� m, �е�номаз�й adj (derogatory slang), �е�ножоп�й adj (slang, offensive), баклажан m (slang, offensive, esp. popular among Russian immigrants)
Slovak: �ernoch m, �ernoška f
Spanish: negro m, negra f
Western Apache: Indaa di�hi�é, Innaa di�hi�é, Ndaa di�hi�é, Nnaa di�hi�é

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