negress
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See also: Negress
English
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Etymology
From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
Pronunciation
Noun
negress (plural negresses)
- (dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
- 1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character, volume 1, page 137:
- 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, […]
- 1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)
- Synonyms: negrette, niggerette, niggeress, niggress, nigress; see also Thesaurus:person of color
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Translations
black female
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Swedish
Noun
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Usage notes
Seldom used purely as an ethnic slur, though old-fashioned and often (somewhat) derogatory.
Declension
Declension of negress