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nig·ger  (ngr)

n. Offensive Slang

1.

a. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: "You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger" (James Baldwin).

b. Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.

2. Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people.

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[Alteration of dialectal neger, black person, from French nègre, from Spanish negro; see Negro.]

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nigger [ˈnɪgə]

n

1. Offensive

a.  another name for a Negro

b.  (as modifier) nigger minstrels

2. Offensive a member of any dark-skinned race

nigger in the woodpile a hidden snag or hindrance

[from C16 dialect neeger, from French nègre, from Spanish Negro¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nigger - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" jigaboo, nigga, nigra, coon, spade derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

Translations

nigger [ˈnɪgəʳ] N (offensive) → negro/a m/f
to be the nigger in the woodpile (o.f.) → ser lo que lo estropea todo

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nigger [ˈnɪgə^r] n (offensive) → nègre* $(négresse)m/f

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nigger

n (very offensive) → Nigger m (very offensive); so you’re the nigger in the woodpile (Brit inf) → Sie sind es also, der querschießt; there’s a nigger in the woodpile (Brit inf) → irgendjemand schießt quer (inf); (= snag) → da ist ein Haken dran (inf)

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nigger [ˈnɪgəʳ] n (fam!, highly offensive) → negro/a

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nigger

n nigger [ˈnigə]

an impolite name for a Negro. Afrika-Amerikaner لَقَب غَيْر مُهَذَّب للزِّنْجي негроч negr nigger der Nigger αράπης (μειωτ.) negro neeger کاکاسياه بتحقير neekeri nègre, négresse כּוּשִׁי काला आदमी crnčuga nigger neger surtur, niggari (niðrandi!) negro 黒人 흑인, 깜둥이 juodukas melnais Negro nikker svarting czarnuch preto черномазый, ниггер neger črnuh crnja nigger คนนิโกร zenci 黑鬼 негр; чорношкірий حبشي، زنگي người da đen 黑鬼