What does negro mean?

Definitions for negro
ˈni groʊne·gro

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word negro.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroidadjective

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

  2. negroadjective

    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

  1. negroadjective

    Relating to the black ethnicity.

  2. negroadjective

    Black or dark brown in color.

  3. Negronoun

    A person with black or dark brown skin.

  4. Etymology: From negro.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. NEGROnoun

    A blackmoore.

    Etymology: Spanish; negre, Fr.

    Negroes transplanted into cold and flegmatic habitations, continue their hue in themselves and their generations. Brown.

Wikipedia

  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".

ChatGPT

  1. negro

    Negro is a term that was historically used to categorize and describe individuals of black African heritage or appearance. Originating from the Spanish and Portuguese word for "black," it was widely used during the period of slavery and segregation in the United States. However, it is considered outdated and potentially offensive today, with terms like African American, Black, or specifying a person's national origin being preferred. Please note that it's important to respect an individual's preference on how they wish to be identified.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Negronoun

    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

  2. Negroadjective

    of or pertaining to negroes; black

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

Wikidata

  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

  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

  1. NEGRO

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

Editors Contribution

  1. Negroadjective

    A word used to describe an ignorant person of any color


    Submitted by sissy8455 on September 7, 2021  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NEGRO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Negro is ranked #33695 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Negro surname appeared 676 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Negro.

    74.2% or 502 total occurrences were White.
    22% or 149 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.1% or 21 total occurrences were Black.

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Anagrams for negro »

  1. genro

  2. goner

  3. Norge

  4. ergon

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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. Doc Rivers:

    I loved it until Vinny Del Negro got the guy on fire and then they would tell me to go stop him, we used to call him Vinny Kerosene some nights because I would go in and go, ‘The guy’s on fire. I’ve got to guard him?’ We would laugh about it.

  2. Robert Francis Kennedy:

    If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

  3. 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.

  4. Roland Christensen:

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

  5. Lyndon B. Johnson:

    The Negro says, 'Now.' Others say, 'Never.' The voice of responsible Americans ... says, 'Together.' There is no other way.

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