Negress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈniːɡɹɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Negress is a noun meaning (dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
Meaning
(dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
Example Sentences
1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)
Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car. A negress acting as a chauffeur is still more extraordinary. Barely conceivable even in Harlem, but that was certainly where the car was from.
Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]
Word Forms
- negresses
Synonyms for negress
Depending on context, synonyms include negrette, niggerette, niggeress, niggress, nigress, colored.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include niggress, niggeress, niggergirl, negrette, niggerbitch, niggerette.
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