negrer

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Etymology

From negre (black) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Adjective

negrer (feminine negrera, masculine plural negrers, feminine plural negreres)

  1. slaving; related to the slave trade
    • 2016 October 6, Javier Triana, “Com els vaixells d'esclaus: Proactiva mostra la bodega d'una embarcació d'immigrants”, in El Periódico:
      És inevitable i tràgic, al veure el vídeo, recordar les condicions en què els esclaus eren traslladats des d'Àfrica a Amèrica a les bodegues dels vaixells negrers
      It is inevitable and tragic, when you watch the video, to remember the conditions in which slaves were transported from Africa to America in the holds of slave ships.

Noun

negrer m (plural negrers, feminine negrera)

  1. slaver, slave trader
    • 2020 July 10, Josep Maria Fonalleras, “Estàtues”, in El Punt Avui:
      Enderrocar estàtues de filibusters, negrers, plutòcrates i opressors també ensenya història a les noves generacions, la mateixa història que ensenyaven les estàtues ara criticades, però, és clar, amb uns criteris diferents.
      Knocking down statues of pirates, slave traders, plutocrats and oppressors also teaches history to new generations, the same history that the now criticized statues taught, but, of course, with different views.
  2. (by extension) tyrant, despot

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

negrer m

  1. indefinite plural of neger

Swedish

Noun

negrer

  1. indefinite plural of neger

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