nigger

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: "Gun owners are the new niggers . . . of society" John Aquilino.

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

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nigger

Noun

Offensive a Black person [Spanish negro]

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 (col!) (highly offensive) → negro/a

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nigger [ˈnɪgəʳ] n (inf!) (highly offensive) → nègre(négresse)

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nigger [nɪgəʳ] (inf) n → Nigger m (inf!)

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