(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" Synonym(s):nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nigger \Nig"ger\, n.
A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.