negroid
Noun · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)Synonyms: BlackBlack personblackamoorNegroNegroid
Adjective (1)
- characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race“negroid features”
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.]