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Negrillo

Negrillo noun: an African Pygmy.

Noun

Negrillo (plural Negrillos)

  1. An African Pygmy.
    • Negrillo children are sometimes caught and held in slavery; but when “they attain the age at which the Spanish laws set them free, they, with but a single known exception, return to the woods.[…]”1848, United States exloring expedition, United States Exploring Expedition: During the Year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, page 174
    • Negrillo Race. — An Aramanga Lad. “THE Negrillo race,” says Dr. Pickering, “has much the same complexion as the Papuan; but differs in the diminutive stature, the general absence of a beard, the projecting of the lower part of the face […]”1855, John Frost, Grand Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animated Nature: Embracing a Full Description of the Different Races of Men, and of the Characteristic Habits and Modes of Life of the Various...

Examples of Negrillo in a sentence

  • These clicks are very characteristic of the Bushmen and dwarf languages, and if the statement be true, then these two tribes must be Negrillo.1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley: Being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo: with Some Account of...
  • The Negrillos are very short in stature.1997, Ram Nath Sharma, Rajendra K. Sharma, Anthropology, page 101:

Forms of Negrillo

pluralNegrillos

Origin of Negrillo

From Spanish negrillo, from negro + -illo.

Questions about Negrillo

What does Negrillo mean?
Negrillo means an African Pygmy.
How do you use Negrillo in a sentence?
These clicks are very characteristic of the Bushmen and dwarf languages, and if the statement be true, then these two tribes must be Negrillo.
What part of speech is Negrillo?
Negrillo is a noun.
What is the plural of Negrillo?
The plural of Negrillo is Negrillos.

Words near Negrillo in the dictionary

  1. negrification
  2. negrified
  3. negrifies
  4. negrify
  5. negrifying
  6. Negrillo
  7. Negrillos
  8. Negrin
  9. Negrins
  10. Negripo
  11. Negris

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