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..
Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war..
Mestizo :: Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.
Negro :: 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..
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..
Zambo :: Zambo (n.) The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo..
Foolahs :: Foolahs (n. pl.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language..
Leucoethiopic :: Leucoethiopic (a.) White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race..
Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..
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..
Pickaninny :: Pickaninny (n.) A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant..
Negritic :: Negritic (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.
Africanize :: Africanize (v. t.) To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
Sambo :: Sambo (n.) A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo..
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..
Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.
Negroid :: Negroid (a.) Characteristic of the negro.
Black :: Black (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races..
Darky :: Darky (n.) A negro.
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