Negroes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  negro
       adj : 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
       n : a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose
           ancestors came from Africa) [syn: {Black}, {Black person},
            {blackamoor}, {Negroid}]
       [also: {negroes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  negroes
       See {negro}