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Negress

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Ne·gress  (ngrs)
n. Offensive
A Black woman or girl. See Usage Note at Jewess.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.NegressNegress - a Black woman or girl                
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
Translations
Negress [ˈniːgrɪs] n → negra
Negress [ˈniːgrɪs] n → négresse f
Negress [ˈniːgrɪs] n → Negerin f
Negress [ˈniːgrɪs] n → negra


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The Morrow was an English ship with, of course, but little accommodation for passengers, of whom there were only myself, a young woman and her servant, who was a middle-aged negress.
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After these came a huge Negress clothed like Solomon as to colors.
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It was ten o'clock at night before we ventured to creep in again, and then she asked Joe why he hadn't married a Negress Slave at once?
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