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Negritoes

Negritoes is the plural of Negrito.

Meaning of Negrito

Noun

Negrito (plural Negritos or Negritoes or Negrito)

  1. A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.
    • The Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical characteristics with each other and with the Andaman Islanders, while they differ in a marked manner from every Papuan race.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 452

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Questions about Negritoes

What is Negritoes the plural of?
Negritoes is the plural of Negrito.

Words near Negritoes in the dictionary

  1. Negris
  2. negrish
  3. Negritic
  4. Negritid
  5. negrito
  6. Negritoes
  7. negritos
  8. negritude
  9. negritudes
  10. negro
  11. negro ant

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