Dictionary

negress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈniːɡɹɪs/

Etymology

From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.

Meanings

1. (dated, literary, qualifier:now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
   • Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car. A negress acting as a chauffeur is still more extraordinary. Barely conceivable even in Harlem, but that was certainly where the car was from. 1954, Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 6:
   • 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, […] 1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character, volume 1, page 137:
   • 1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)

Forms

Relateds

negroid · Muslimah · mulattress · Latina · negro

Synonyms

colored · person of color · negrette · colored person · nonwhite · BIPOC · niggeress · BME · minority · niggress · niggerette · nigress

Translations (36)

fi neekerinainen (black female) · nl zwarte (black female) · sv negress (black female) · ar زِنْجِيَّة (black female) · pl murzynka (black female) · it nera (black female) · ru негритя́нка (black female) · el αραπίνα (black female) · pt negra (black female) · sh црнкиња (black female) · es negra (black female) · fa ددهسیاه (black female) · uk негритя́нка (black female) · cs černoška (black female) · be негрыця́нка (black female) · ar سَوْدَاء (black female) · sh crnkinja (black female) · sk černoška (black female) · ar زَنْجِيَّة (black female) · de Negerin (black female) · el νέγρη (black female) · it negra (black female) · ro negresă (black female) · da negerinde (black female) · sv negrinna (black female) · nl negerin (black female) · eo negrino (black female) · nl negervrouw (black female) · fr négresse (black female) · de Mohrin (black female) · fr noire (black female) · mk црнка (black female) · lt negrė (black female) · es niche (black female) · bg не́гърка (black female) · uk му́ринка (black female)