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Vinony

negro

noun

  1. ethnic term for persons considered to be of Negroid heritage
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/ / /ˈniːɡɹoʊ/ / /ˈnɪɡɹə/

adj

  1. Pertaining to the panethnic or ethnolinguistic groups associated with the proposed Negro-African superphylum.

    “The Negro-African language theory was proposed.”

name

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of negro.

    “The rickets were sold to sex-starved who had weird ideas about Negro women.”

    “1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.”