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Negro-American en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (dated, offensive) A black American.
    • 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.” 1937, Claude McKay, edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett, A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, published 2007, page 200:

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Negro-Americans Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

colored · minority · BIPOC · BME · person of color · colored person · African-American · nonwhite