Negro

nounadjectiveproper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈniːɡɹəʊ//
United States//ˈniːɡɹoʊ//
//ˈnɪɡɹə//

Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.

noun

1
Variant of negrodatedAlternative letter-case form of negro.
The rickets were sold to sex-starved who had weird ideas about Negro women.
1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.

adjective

1
Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.
The Negro-African language theory was proposed.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Forms

plural: Negroes, Negros

negotiation · The process of achieving agreement through discussion.negotiator · One who negotiates.negro · Relating to a black ethnicity.

Negro · Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.

Neha · A female given name from Hindi, of mainly Indian usage.Neighbor · A surname from Middle English.neighborhood · The residential area near one's home.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.