Negro-american
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A black American. dated, offensive
"The English-speaking inspector smiled and asked me whether I was a Communist. I said that I was a poet and a great admirer of Victor Hugo. He said, “Well, I wouldn't wonder if a Negro-American had advanced ideas.”"
Example
More examples"The English-speaking inspector smiled and asked me whether I was a Communist. I said that I was a poet and a great admirer of Victor Hugo. He said, “Well, I wouldn't wonder if a Negro-American had advanced ideas.”"
More for "negro-american"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.