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Definition of negro

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Negro (n.) 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..

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Bulldoze :: Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana..

Buckra :: Buckra (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc..

Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people..

Assiento :: Assiento (n.) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713..

Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..

Mandingos :: Mandingos (n. pl.) ; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.

Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.

Krooman :: Krooman (n.) One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard..

Coffle :: Coffle (n.) A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.

Lalo :: Lalo (n.) The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous..

Negritos :: Negritos (n. pl.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads..

Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..

Africanize :: Africanize (v. t.) To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

Aunty :: Aunty (n.) A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Negress :: Negress (n.) A black woman; a female negro.

Cuffy :: Cuffy (n.) A name for a negro.

Darky :: Darky (n.) A negro.

Woolly-head :: Woolly-head (n.) A negro.

Melanin :: Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin..

Tote :: Tote (v. t.) To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes..