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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEGRO, n. [It is remarkable that our common people retain the exact Latin pronunciation of this word, neger.] A native or descendant of the black race of men in Africa. The word is never applied to the tawny or olive colored inhabitants of the northern coast of Africa, but to the more southern race of men who are quite black.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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 n
1: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural Negroes) Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese, from negro black, from Latin nigr-, niger Date: 1555 sometimes offensive a member of a race of humankind native to Africa and classified according to physical features (as dark skin pigmentation) • Negro adjective, sometimes offensive • negroid adjective or noun, often capitalized, sometimes offensive • Negroness noun, sometimes offensive II. geographical name 1. river 400 miles (640 kilometers) S central Argentina flowing E into the Atlantic 2. river 1400 miles (2253 kilometers) E Colombia & N Brazil flowing into the Amazon 3. river 434 miles (698 kilometers) central Uruguay flowing SW into Uruguay River

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -oes) a member of a dark-skinned race orig. native to Africa. Usage: Now often considered offens.; the term Black is usually preferred. --adj. 1 of or concerning Negroes. 2 (as negro) Zool. black or dark (negro ant). Phrases and idioms: Negro spiritual a religious song derived from the musical traditions of Black people in the southern US. Etymology: Sp. & Port., f. L niger nigri black

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Negro Ne"gro, n.; pl. Negroes. [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Negro Ne"gro, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. Negro bug (Zo["o]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see Durra. --McElrath. Negro fly (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly (Psila ros[ae]) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. Negro monkey (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Negroes) A Negro is someone with dark skin who comes from Africa or whose ancestors came from Africa. (OFFENSIVE, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. African, black man.

Foolish Dictionary

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

Moby Thesaurus

American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow man