negroid
negroid · negroids
A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skinA person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
US/nˈiɡɹɔɪd/
» Mixing amongst the human subspecies Mongoloids, Caucasoids, Negroids, and Australoids is quite common.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, ethnic, offensive, slur)A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
негро́идnegróid
More definitions
- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
Examples
2 sentencesMixing amongst the human subspecies Mongoloids, Caucasoids, Negroids, and Australoids is quite common.
Cuban society is chiefly composed of Caucasoids, Negroids, and Super-Sinodonts (Amerindians). There is mixing.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
a person with negroid characteristics:
Origin
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
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Forms
plural: negroidsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today:BlackAfrican-AmericanNegro