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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

niggerman en · NOUN

Etymology

From nigger + man.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A black man.
    • They whip again and some of the niggermen turn back to work, but some still stand straight. 2014, Marlon James, A Book of Night Women:
    • Once she pushed open the door of one of these dives, a niggerman would be bound to mount her like a tambouyé, his drum. Afterward he would turn his back on her like Dernier did. 2010, Maryse Conde, Victoire: My Mother's Mother, page 66:
    • “Well, what I didn't tell you is that her boyfriend is a niggerman, uh, Negro.” “Ernie, I thought you said you hired a nice girl!” “She seemed nice enough,” he stammers. “She can type and she seemed like a nice girl.” 1992, Jill McCorkle, July 7th, page 178:

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