Definition of negro

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Negro (n.) 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..

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Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..
Negroloid :: Negroloid (a.) See Negroid.
Negro :: Negro (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Melanin :: Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin..
Sambo :: Sambo (n.) A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo..
Pickaninny :: Pickaninny (n.) A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant..
Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.
Bull Brier :: Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier..
Buck :: Buck (n.) A male Indian or negro.
Mestizo :: Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.
Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people..
Negritos :: Negritos (n. pl.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads..
Negritic :: Negritic (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.
Darky :: Darky (n.) A negro.
Negroid :: Negroid (a.) Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.
Negro :: Negro (n.) 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..
Zambo :: Zambo (n.) The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo..
Coffle :: Coffle (n.) A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
Mandingos :: Mandingos (n. pl.) ; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.
Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..
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