Negress
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A black female. dated, literary
"Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of negress. alt-of
- 3 a Black woman or girl wordnet
Example
More examples"Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]"
Etymology
From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
From French négresse, feminine of nègre, equivalent to Negro + -ess.
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