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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa);
[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.