Negroid

3 definitions found

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

  Negroid \Ne"groid\, a. [Negro + -oid.]
     1. Characteristic of the negro.
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     2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those
        who resemble the negro.


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

  Negroid \Ne"groid\, n. [Negro + -oid.]
     A member of any one of several East African tribes whose
     physical characters show an admixture with other races.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  negroid
       adj : characteristic of people traditionally classified as the
             Negro race; "negroid features"
       n : a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose
           ancestors came from Africa) [syn: {Black}, {Black person},
            {blackamoor}, {Negro}]