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nigro

nigro is the obsolete spelling of negro.

Meaning of negro

Noun

negro (plural negroes or negros)

  1. (dated, offensive) A person of black African ancestry.
    • The negroes believe that its presence has a sanitary effect upon their cattle […]1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found, page 141
  2. (archaic) A slave, especially one of African ancestry.
    • We don't want your Negroes, or your horses, or your lands, or any thing you have, but we do want and will have a just obedience to the laws of the United States. That we will have, and if it involved the destruction of your improvements, we cannot help it.1864, William Tecumseh Sherman, General William Tecumseh Sherman to the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta

See all 6 meanings of negro

Forms of nigro

pluralnigroes
pluralnigros

Questions about nigro

What is nigro the obsolete spelling of?
Nigro is the obsolete spelling of negro.

Words near nigro in the dictionary

  1. Nigritians
  2. Nigritic
  3. nigritude
  4. nigritudes
  5. nigritudinous
  6. nigro
  7. nigroe
  8. nigroes
  9. nigromancer
  10. nigromancers
  11. nigromancies

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