1.
[syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. Negroes
(n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part
from African negroes; in the United States, an
African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered
offensive.]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Negro \Ne"gro\, a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
[1913 Webster]
Negro bug (Zool.), a minute black bug common on the
raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable
flavor.
negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the
West Indies. See Durra. --McElrath.
Negro fly (Zool.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae)
which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; --
called also carrot fly.
Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.
Negro monkey (Zool.), the moor monkey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
negro
adj 1: 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
n 1: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose
ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person,
blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political
problem. Representing him by the letter n, the Republicans begin to
build their equation thus: "Let n = the white man." This, however,
appears to give an unsatisfactory solution.