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Negro

See also: negro, négro, and ñegro

English

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Noun

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Negro (plural Negroes or Negros)

  1. (dated, now usually offensive) Alternative letter-case form of negro.
    • 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.

Usage notes

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By some speakers and in some contexts (chiefly historical), the capitalized form Negro is considered more respectful than the more usual negro (as in baseball's Negro Leagues). Both forms, however, are still frequently offensive to present-day speakers.

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Galician

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Etymology

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From negro, "dark", "black".

Proper noun

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Negro m

  1. a surname

References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Negro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “Negro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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See negro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Negro (feminine Negra, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ) (colloquial, usually derogatory)

  1. those of African descent with sub-Saharan origin, especially black Africans or African-Americans
  2. person of dark complexion
    Synonym: (slang) Egoy
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Further reading

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  • “Negro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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