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Africaness en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From African + -ness.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of Africanness.
   alt of Africanness

Africaness en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (rare) A female African.
   • The table was elegant with glass, silver, and flowers ; the viands were the creation of one of those round, greasy Africanesses, who are born to the gridiron not less indubitably than a poet to the lyre 1874 Holden with the Cords - Page 227 and 1875 The Young Englishwoman - Page 426 and 1876 Holden with the cords, by W.M.L. Jay - Page 167

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