nigra
/ˈnɪɡɹə/
nigra noun: a black person.
Noun (1)
nigra (plural nigras)
- A black person.
- She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Nigra
Nigra (plural Nigras)
- Alternative form of Negro.
- You can be very Christian and American, if you don't have any Nigras.1957, John Bartlow Martin, The Deep South says "never."
- Listen, there's plenty of Nigras in this town have more money than you or I put together. There's Nigras driving great big Cadillacs all over Atlanta.1975, Paul Good, The trouble I've seen: white journalist/Black movement
Forms of nigra
| plural | nigras |
|---|---|
| plural | Nigras |
Origin of nigra
A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.
Questions about nigra
- What does nigra mean?
- Nigra means a black person.
- What part of speech is nigra?
- Nigra is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nigra?
- Nigra is pronounced /ˈnɪɡɹə/.
- What is the plural of nigra?
- The plural of nigra is nigras.
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