negroid
Meanings
Plural: negroids
Noun
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
- A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
Adjective Satellite
- characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race
- "negroid features"
Adj
- Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
Origin / Etymology
From negro + -oid.
Synonyms
Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro
Scrabble Score: 9
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