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negro

/ˈniɡɹoʊ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Negro means: a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today.

Synonyms for negro6

noun, as in a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today

Black, African-American, Negroid

adjective, as in having skin rich in melanin pigments;

also used for negro

blackamoor

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What does negro mean?2

noun

1

a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today

adjective

1

having skin rich in melanin pigments;

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Negro in a sentence

  • Arroz negro tastes inky because it's made with squid ink.papabear
  • Negro is a word in the Spanish language, racist people just made it to a racial slur.Josephlingo
  • Everybody knew Tom was a negro, though he tried his best to conceal it.RU
  • The Thirteenth Amendment freed all Negro slaves.Source_VOA

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of negro

as a noun

plural
negroes