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Afra-American

Afra-American adjective: of or pertaining to African-American women or girls.

Adjective

Afra-American (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to African-American women or girls.

Noun

Afra-American (plural Afra-Americans)

  1. An African-American woman or girl.

Forms of Afra-American

pluralAfra-Americans

Origin of Afra-American

From Afro-American with the feminine suffix -a. Coined or popularized in scholarly circles by Joanne Braxton.

Questions about Afra-American

What does Afra-American mean?
Afra-American means of or pertaining to African-American women or girls.
What part of speech is Afra-American?
Afra-American can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Afra-American in the dictionary

  1. AFQT
  2. AFQTs
  3. AFR
  4. AFr.
  5. AFRA
  6. Afra-American
  7. Afra-Americans
  8. Afrabia
  9. Afrabian
  10. Afrabians
  11. afraid

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