Negro
WordNet
adjective
(1) Relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair
noun
(2) A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A person of sub-Saharan African descent.
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness:
- And every week the messenger, a long negro, letter-bag on shoulder and staff in hand, left our station for the coast.
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness:
- A person with black or dark brown skin.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
- Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,