1.
[syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race;
- Example: "negroid features"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Negroid \Ne"groid\, a. [Negro + -oid.]
1. Characteristic of the negro.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those
who resemble the negro.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Negroid \Ne"groid\, n. [Negro + -oid.]
A member of any one of several East African tribes whose
physical characters show an admixture with other races.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
negroid
adj 1: characteristic of people traditionally classified as the
Negro race; "negroid features"
n 1: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose
ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person,
blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]