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Negro - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Negro : adj : relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the
traditional racial division of mankind having brown to
black pigmentation and tightly curled hair
(noun)
1: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose
ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person,
blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Negro |
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disfruteconpoco: Mercado Negro: la evolución del super: Mercado Negro es un proyecto de Ramón Coronado un auto-definido crossmedia... http://bit.ly/6dCJSa |
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kristalcardoso: @Fezinhanatalino Minha nova sóca.. melhor sociedade um principe Negro feito a pincel hahaha |
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collected: @urbanledjen hahahaha! oh my!.....aww bless his and ur heart...aint no Negro gettin any of my cookin unless its a holiday or a ring! |
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