Negro

ne'gro, n. vl. -groes, -groz. A black man; esp., one of a race naving protruding lips and woolly hair, inhabiting a portion of tropical Africa. [Sp., — Pg., and negro, L. niger, black; Skr. nig E. night, q. v.] — Ne'gre , A black woman a female negro. — Ne'groid, a. Characteristic of or resembling the negro. [Gr. eidos, form.] — Negri'to, w. pi. -TOS; -toz. One of a very diminutive negroid race found in the Philippine and other islands. [F., eve, term In, Ice Odd, tone, 6r 393 NEG-US 375 fr. negre, negro.] — Nig'ger, n. A negro, — in contempt. [Fr. F. negre.] — Nigres'cent, ni-frres's ent, a. Growing black; changing to a black color. [L. nigrescens, p. pr. of nigrescere, to become black, ir. nigrere, to be black, niger.) — Nig'ritude, n. Blackne . [L. nigritudo. — Nig'rinca'tion, a. Act of making black. [L./acere, to make.] Negus, ne'gus, A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon-juice. [Inventor's name.] Webster's Condensed Dictionary