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SYLLABICATION: | Ne·gro |
PRONUNCIATION: | ngr |
NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Ne·groes Often Offensive 1. A Black person. See Usage Note at black. 2. A member of the Negroid race. Not in scientific use. | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish and Portuguese negro, black, Black person, from Latin niger, nigr-, black. See nekw-t- in Appendix I. | OTHER FORMS: | Negro ADJECTIVE
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