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negrophiles

negrophiles is the plural of negrophile.

Meaning of negrophile

Noun

negrophile (plural negrophiles)

  1. (dated, offensive) One who takes an interest in the black (negro) race.
    • In the form of a dedication to those colonists who have been ruined by the revolution of the ‘negrophiles,’ our author contrives to give a life and character of himself; reminds these unfortunate people […] how he used to plead their causes for small fees; how he afterwards gave up the bar in order...1803, Review of Second Voyage à la Louisiane by [Louis Narcisse] Baudry des Lozières in The Edinburgh Review, Volume 3, Number 5, October 1803, p. 82

Questions about negrophiles

What is negrophiles the plural of?
Negrophiles is the plural of negrophile.

Words near negrophiles in the dictionary

  1. negroni
  2. negronis
  3. Negrons
  4. negrophil
  5. negrophile
  6. negrophiles
  7. negrophilia
  8. negrophiliac
  9. negrophilic
  10. negrophilism
  11. negrophilist

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