Definitions for Negroes
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1. negroesnoun

   Plural form of negro.

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1. negroes

   In the English language, negro is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Black African heritage. The word negro means the color black in both Spanish and in Portuguese, where English took it from. The term can be construed as offensive, inoffensive, or completely neutral, largely depending on the region or country where it is used, as well as the context in which it is applied. It has various equivalents in other languages of Europe.

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1. Negroes

   of Negro

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1. Negroes

   the dark race of tropical Africa, distinguished by their dark woolly hair, their black eyes, their flat noses, and their thick lips; they occupy rather a low level in the scale of humanity, and are lacking in those mental and moral qualities which have impressed the stamp of greatness on the other races that have distinguished themselves in the history of the world.

How to pronounce Negroes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Negroes in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Negroes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Negroes in a Sentence

1. The Rev. Robert Turner:

   This is the same city in Tulsa Negroes that was complicit at best, a co-conspirator at worst, even though it's been 100 years, if it was wrong in Tulsa Negroes, it's still wrong in 2021. There's no expiration date on morality. Wrong doesn't expire.

2. Abraham Lincoln:

   Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy hypocrisy.

3. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

   In the South where slavery still exists, the Negroes are less carefully kept apart they sometimes share the labors and the recreations of the whites the whites consent to intermix with them to a certain extent, and although legislation treats them more harshly, the habits of the people are more tolerant and compassionate.

4. Scott Ellsworth:

   It said: first black and white basketball game in college, Duke medical and North Carolina College for Negroes, 1944,' i couldn’t believe my eyes: 1944.

5. Martin Luther:

   If Negroes could vote, there would be no Jim Clarks, our children would not be crippled by segregated schools ….

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