Negro-American

English

Noun

Negro-American (plural Negro-Americans)

1. (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.”