Negro /(nē"grō̇)/
Ne·gro
Negro
n.
pl. Negroes ((nē"grōz))
- 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.
- A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; in the United States, an African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.]
Negro
a.
- Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Phrases & Compounds
- Negro bug
- a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor.
- negro corn
- the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. See Durra.
- Negro fly
- a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly.
- Negro head
- Cavendish tobacco.
- Negro monkey
- the moor monkey.