Definitions for Negro
ˈni groʊNe·gro

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid(adj)

   a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

2. negro(adj)

   relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. negro(Adjective)

   Relating to the black ethnicity.

   Etymology: From negro.

2. negro(Adjective)

   Black or dark brown in color.

   Etymology: From negro.

3. Negro(Noun)

   A person with black or dark brown skin.

   Etymology: From negro.

Wikipedia(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Negro

   In the English language, Negro (plural Negroes) is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Negroid heritage. The term can be construed as offensive, inoffensive, or completely neutral, largely depending on the region or country where it is used. It has various equivalents in other languages of Europe. From the latest United States census figures, approximately 36,000 Americans identify their ethnicity as "Negro".

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Negro(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]

2. Negro(adj)

   of or pertaining to negroes; black

   Etymology: [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]

Freebase(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Negro

   The word “Negro” is used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance. The word negro denotes 'black' in the Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the ancient Latin word, niger, 'black', which itself ultimately is probably from a Proto-Indo-European root *nekw-, 'to be dark', akin to *nokw- 'night'. "Negro" superseded "colored" as the most polite terminology, at a time when "black" was more offensive. This usage was accepted as normal, even by people classified as Negroes, until the later Civil Rights movement in the late 1960s. One well-known example is the identification by Martin Luther King, Jr. of his own race as 'Negro' in his famous 1963 speech I Have a Dream. During the American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, some black American leaders in the United States, notably Malcolm X, objected to the word, preferring Black, because they associated the word Negro with the long history of slavery, segregation, and discrimination that treated African Americans as second class citizens, or worse. Since the late 1960s, various other terms have been more widespread in popular usage. These include "black", "Black African", "Afro-American" and "African American".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Negro

   nē′grō, n. one of the black-skinned woolly-haired race in the Soudan and central parts of Africa, also their descendants in America.—adj. of or pertaining to the race of black men:—fem. Nē′gress.—ns. Nē′gro-corn, the name given in the West Indies to the plant durra or Indian millet; Nē′grohead, tobacco soaked in molasses and pressed into cakes, so called from its blackness.—adj. Nē′groid.—n. Nē′grōism, any peculiarity of speech noticeable among negroes, esp. in the southern United States. [Sp. negro—L. niger, black.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. NEGRO

   One who votes your way. NIGGER One who doesn't.

Anagrams for Negro »

1. goner

2. genro

3. Norge

How to pronounce Negro?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Negro in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Negro in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Negro in a Sentence

1. Mary McLeod Bethune:

   The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

2. Roland Christensen:

   I'd like to teach the Negro fella if it's alright with you.

3. Host Morris O'Kelly:

   I'm sorry you're arguing with Roger Stone ? I thought we were having just a very spirited conversation, what happened ? ... You said something about' Negro.'.

4. Robert Dowlut:

   History teaches us the unfortunate lesson that cultural values supplant constitutional rights whenever the cultural elite consider a right too burdensome to suit the needs of the moment. The outlandish pronouncement in Dred Scott 'that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit,' the shameful court-approved internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and the separate but equal doctrine that officially existed until 1954 are all examples of the evils that result when cultural values are given more weight than constitutional rights.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice who constantly says 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action' who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for someone else's freedom who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a 'more convenient season.'

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