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Definition of Negress noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Negress

noun
 
/ˈniːɡres/
 
/ˈniːɡres/
(old-fashioned, offensive)
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  1. an old-fashioned, now offensive word for a woman or girl with dark skin, especially one who originally came from or whose ancestors came from Africa
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French négresse, feminine of nègre ‘negro’.
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