English Dictionary: [Negro] | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for [Negro] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Negro \Ne"gro\, n.; pl. {Negroes}. [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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Negro \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. {Negro bug} (Zo[94]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. {negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see {Durra}. --McElrath. {Negro fly} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila ros[91]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}. {Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. {Negro monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the moor monkey. |