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Negro

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Ne·gro /ˈniːɡrəʊ $ -ɡroʊ/ noun (plural Negroes) [countable] old-fashioned  SANSSRa word for a black person, usually considered offensive 黑人〔一般认为具有冒犯性〕Negro adjective
Examples from the Corpus
NegroBlues singers do well in Ireland, as Celts have a feeling for Negro music.Overnight Lucky had become an oddball Negro.Zachary Macaulay's 1823 pamphlet, Negro Slavery, was a good example.If the Negro was equal in the eyes of the law, the men wearing badges needed glasses.The Negro is not some one to be laughed at, Mr Foster.The Negro of tragedy taken away from his family and home.Max is a jazz musician, a black cat with Negro features, who owns a talking saxophone, his Alto Ego.Sergio parked by the sundial, and walked to the front door where a painted wooden Negro stood in attendance.
Origin Negro (1500-1600) Spanish Portuguese, from negro black, from Latin niger
Ne·gro nounChineseSyllable
Corpus black word a person, for considered offensive a usually


Negro
Negro /ˈniːɡrəʊ $ -ɡroʊ/ noun (plural Negroes) [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: Portuguese, from negro 'black', from Latin niger
a word for a black person, usually considered offensive
—Negro adjective


NegroBrE /ˈniːɡrəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈniːɡroʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
Negroes
)
(old-fashioned, often offensive)
a member of a race of people with dark skin who originally came from Africa 黑人