negress
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See also: Negress
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
black female
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Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
negress c
Usage notes[edit]
Seldom used purely as an ethnic slur, though old-fashioned and often (somewhat) derogatory.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of negress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | negress | negressen | negresser | negresserna |
| Genitive | negress | negressens | negressers | negressernas |
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