negro
['ni:grәu]
n. 黑

a. 黑



negro
negroes
[ noun ]

1. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

1. relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

<adj.all>

Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. {Negroes}
(n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L.
niger; perh. akin to E. 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}. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered
offensive.]
[PJC]


Negro \Ne"gro\, a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.

{Negro bug} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila
ros[ae]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to
carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}.

{Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.

{Negro monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the {moor monkey}.