Negro
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- noun
- /ˈniːɡroʊ/
- Slur
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[término ofensivo y arcaico para persona negra]
- There will be no rest, there will be no tranquility in this nation until the Negro has his freedom.
- Negro-mestizos
- Negro, mulatto
- free Negro
Wherever he goes, the Negro remains a Negro.
- Wherever he goes, the Negro remains a Negro.
- Can you imagine a Negro with authority here?
- I'm not your Negro. Anybody here? So. OK.
- Their plan for world domination won't work if the Negroes know who they are.
- Now his father, a very strong, conservative freed Negro preacher, follows his son.
- That's something far deeper and older than Negro fetishism.
- Well, sub chapter on well, the chapter itself is the Negro and reconciliation.
- But but they, they were, they were respectable Negroes.
- Monuments to the fallen, a grave site for the illustrious Negro dead like Zora Neale, Hurston said.
- And the first thing that jumped out at me was the fact that they listed my mother as Negro girl.
- Like I'm, I'm one of I'm I'm a project Negro.
Examples
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And then Lincoln says, But Negroes, like other people, act upon motives.
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They were protesting to prevent Negro families, mine included, from moving there.
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Can you imagine a Negro with authority here?
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Why not marry a negro woman?
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Wherever he goes, the Negro remains a Negro.
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It is the Negro Speaks of Rivers.
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Now his father, a very strong, conservative freed Negro preacher, follows his son.
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They were protesting to prevent the Negro families, mine included, from moving there.
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Sharpton is a professional negro. If he were a white guy, he'd have to get a job.
Blog text (11) -
In August 1863, Grant wrote Lincoln: "By arming the Negro, we have added a powerful ally."
Synonyms
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A person with dark skin, often of African ancestry
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A person with dark skin whose family comes from Africa
Compounds
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A religious song made by Black people in the southern United States during slavery
- Archaic
A low tropical African bush that spreads or climbs a little with round brown-red bumpy fruit
- Archaic
A spice from the seeds of a West African tree that adds a strong smell to food and medicine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Negro comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word negro, which means 'black', and that comes from the Latin niger. It was once used to describe people with dark skin, but today the word is outdated and offensive, so it should be avoided.