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negroid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun negroid has 1 sense
- negroid(n = noun.person) black, black person, blackamoor, negro - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa); Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, person of color, person of colour
has particulars: negress, black man, black woman, colored, colored person, darkey, darkie, darky, coon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, spade, tom, uncle tom, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny
is a member of black race, negro race, negroid race
Adjective negroid has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
negroid, a. [Negro + -oid.].
- Characteristic of the negro. [1913 Webster]
- Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro. [1913 Webster]
negroid, n. [Negro + -oid.].
A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
negroid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of features etc.) characterizing a member of the Negro race, esp. in having dark skin, tightly curled hair, and a broad flattish nose.
2 of or concerning Negroes.
--n. a Negro.
--adj.
1 (of features etc.) characterizing a member of the Negro race, esp. in having dark skin, tightly curled hair, and a broad flattish nose.
2 of or concerning Negroes.
--n. a Negro.
Etymology
NEGRO
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