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English
Noun
Negro-American (plural Negro-Americans)
- (dated, offensive) A black American.
- Synonyms: African-American; see also Thesaurus:person of color
1937, Claude McKay, edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett, A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, published 2007, page 200:The English-speaking inspector smiled and asked me whether I was a Communist. I said that I was a poet and a great admirer of Victor Hugo. He said, “Well, I wouldn't wonder if a Negro-American had advanced ideas.”