negroid

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)Synonyms: BlackBlack personblackamoorNegroNegroid

Adjective (1)

  1. characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race“negroid features”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]


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.]
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