Negress


[nee-gris] /ˈni grɪs/

noun, Older Use: Usually Offensive.
1.
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
/ˈniːɡrɪs/
noun
1.
a female Black person
n.

1750, from French négresse, fem. of nègre “negro,” which came to French via Spanish or Portuguese (see Negro).

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