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Definition of
Afro noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Afro
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈæfroʊ
/
/
(
pl.
Afros
)
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a
hairstyle
sometimes worn by black people and popular in the 1970s, in which the hair forms a round mass of tight curls
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