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negresses

negresses is the plural of negress.

Meaning of negress

Noun

negress (plural negresses)

  1. (dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
    • Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character, volume 1, page 137

Noun capitalized: Negresses

Negresses

  1. (plural) plural of Negress

Questions about negresses

What is negresses the plural of?
Negresses is the plural of negress.
What part of speech is negresses?
Negresses is a noun.

Words near negresses in the dictionary

  1. Negreira
  2. Negrense
  3. Negrenses
  4. Negrescu
  5. negress
  6. negresses
  7. Negrete
  8. Negretes
  9. negrette
  10. negrettes
  11. Negretti

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