Pickaninny

3 definitions found

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

  Pickaninny \Pick"a*nin`ny\ (p[i^]k"[.a]*n[i^]n`n[y^]), n.; pl.
     {Pickaninnies} (p[i^]k"[.a]*n[i^]n`n[i^]z). [Cf. Sp.
     peque[~n]o little, young.]
     A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. Now
     (2001) used primarily in the latter sense, and in that sense
     often considered derogatory. [U.S. & West Indies]


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pickaninny
       n : (offensive) a Black child [syn: {piccaninny}, {picaninny}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PICKANINNY, n.  The young of the _Procyanthropos_, or _Americanus
  dominans_.  It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.