Negro
Negro (nē"gro) , noun
[Sp. or Portuguese negro, from negro black, Latin niger; perh. akin to English night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.
2.
A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; in the United States, an African-American. [United States usage, sometimes considered offensive.]
Negro , adjective
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
Collocations (5)
Negro bug (Zoology) , a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor.
negro corn , the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. See Durra. — McElrath
Negro fly (Zoology) , a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly.
Negro head (Commerce) , Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] — McElrath
Negro monkey (Zoology) , the moor monkey.