afro en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.
Meanings
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A hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
sheʼd been unmissable sitting in the front row of the lecture theatre with a crazy-ass afro and stunning face
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 335:
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A person of African ancestry.
Afrodescendants (or simply Afros) are the descendants of Africans who were dispersed.
2022, Jun Takahara, “Say It Loud — I’m Afro and I’m Proud: Why we need to replace our racial identity labels with (pan-)ethnic ones”, in Medium, page 1:The Ghanaian government employed several Afros, as many of the expatriates called themselves, downplaying their Americanness, in ideological and infrastructure-building occupations.
2012, Kevin K. Gates, American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, University of North Carolina Press (2006), pages 142–143:At the height of the American civil rights agitation, a number of members of the Black Panther movement moved to Tanzania, and lived outside Arusha where they formed a community, calling themselves ‘’Afros.’’
2022, Beatrice Materu, “The African Americans who chose to return to Africa”, in The EastAfrican, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| afros | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Afro | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
afroed · Afro pick · afrolike · Afro comb · halfro
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
'fro · Afrodescendant (person of African descent)
Translations (19)
sv afro (hairstyle) · ru а́фро (hairstyle) · th แอโฟร (hairstyle) · de Afro (hairstyle) · fi afrokampaus (hairstyle) · cmn 非洲頭 /非洲头 (hairstyle) · ja アフロ (hairstyle) · fr afro (hairstyle) · es afro (hairstyle) · pt afro (hairstyle) · fi afro (hairstyle) · pl afro (hairstyle) · pt black power (hairstyle) · ja アフロヘアー (hairstyle) · yue 爆炸裝 /爆炸装 (hairstyle) · de Afrolook (hairstyle) · yue 爆炸頭 /爆炸头 (hairstyle) · arz أفرو (hairstyle) · cmn 阿福羅頭 /阿福罗头 (hairstyle)