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niggress

niggress is the alternative form of niggeress.

Meaning of niggeress

Noun

niggeress (plural niggeresses, masculine nigger)

  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slur) A black woman; a negress.
    • Poor thing ! why whenever I thinks of that there female niggeress, and what she went through with us, it does pain me to turn my eyes back and look on it...1864, Henry Mayhew, German Life and Manners as Seen in Saxony at the Present Day

Forms of niggress

pluralniggresses

Questions about niggress

What is niggress the alternative form of?
Niggress is the alternative form of niggeress.

Words near niggress in the dictionary

  1. niggliness
  2. niggling
  3. nigglingly
  4. nigglings
  5. niggly
  6. niggress
  7. niggresses
  8. niggro
  9. niggros
  10. nigguh
  11. nigguhs

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