Negroid
[nee-groid] /ˈni grɔɪd/
adjective
1.
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
noun
2.
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
/ˈniːɡrɔɪd/
adjective
1.
denoting, relating to, or belonging to a darker-compexioned supposed racial group of mankind. This group includes the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara, their descendants elsewhere, and some Melanesian peoples
noun
2.
a member of this racial group
adj.
1844, a hybrid, from Negro and Greek suffix -oeides “like, resembling” (see -oid). As a noun from 1859.
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- Negroize
[nee-groh-ahyz] /ˈni groʊˌaɪz/ verb (used with object), Negroized, Negroizing. (sometimes lowercase) Rare: Often Offensive. 1. to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of black people: efforts to Negroize the team. 2. to infuse or imbue with Negroism.
- Negroni
[ni-groh-nee] /nɪˈgroʊ ni/ noun, plural negronis. 1. a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Negrophil
[nee-gruh-fahyl, -fil] /ˈni grəˌfaɪl, -fɪl/ noun, (sometimes lowercase) Older Use: Often Offensive. 1. a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people. /ˈniːɡrəʊfɪl/ noun 1. a person who admires Negroes and their culture 1803, from Negro + -phile.
- Negrophile
[nee-gruh-fahyl, -fil] /ˈni grəˌfaɪl, -fɪl/ noun, (sometimes lowercase) Older Use: Often Offensive. 1. a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people. 1803, from Negro + -phile.
- Negrophobe
[nee-gruh-fohb] /ˈni grəˌfoʊb/ noun, (sometimes lowercase) Older Use: Often Offensive. 1. a person who strongly fears or dislikes black people. /ˈniːɡrəʊˌfəʊb/ noun 1. a person who dislikes or fears Negroes n. 1864, from Negro + -phobe.