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afros

US/ˈæfɹoʊz/

afros is the plural of afro.

Meaning of afro

Noun

afro (plural afros)

  1. A hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
    • sheʼd been unmissable sitting in the front row of the lecture theatre with a crazy-ass afro and stunning face2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 335
  2. A person of African ancestry.
    • The Ghanaian government employed several Afros, as many of the expatriates called themselves, downplaying their Americanness, in ideological and infrastructure-building occupations.2012, Kevin K. Gates, American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, University of North Carolina Press (2006), pages 142–143
    Synonyms:
    Afrodescendant

Noun capitalized: Afros

Afros

  1. (plural) plural of Afro

Questions about afros

What is afros the plural of?
Afros is the plural of afro.
What part of speech is afros?
Afros is a noun.
How do you pronounce afros?
Afros is pronounced /ˈæfɹoʊz/ (US).

Words near afros in the dictionary

  1. Afropop
  2. Afropunk
  3. afrormosia
  4. afrormosias
  5. Afroromance
  6. afros
  7. afroside
  8. afrosoricid
  9. afrosoricidan
  10. afrosoricidans
  11. afrosoricids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afros (page history and authors); Afros (page history and authors); afro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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