(adj) 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

negroid

(adj) characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race, Example:negroid features

negro peach

(n) a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa, Syn. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus

negro vine

(n) twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers, Syn. Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Negro

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. ] [ PJC ]

Negro

a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negro bug (Zool.), 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. McElrath. --
Negro fly (Zool.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly. --
Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [ Cant ] McElrath. --
Negro monkey (Zool.), the moor monkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negrohead

n. An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Negroid

a. [ Negro + -oid. ] 1. Characteristic of the negro. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negroid

n. [ Negro + -oid. ] A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Negroloid

a. See Negroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

ニグロ;ネグロ

[niguro ; neguro] (n) (col) negro

ニグロスピリチュアル

[nigurosupirichuaru] (n) Negro spiritual

ネグロイド

[neguroido] (n) Negroid (person)

黒人霊歌

[こくじんれいか, kokujinreika] (n) Negro spiritual

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