negress
See also: Negress
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnegress (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
editTranslations
editblack female
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editAnagrams
editSwedish
editNoun
editnegress c
Usage notes
editSeldom 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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- English ethnic slurs
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- en:Female people
- Swedish lemmas
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