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NEGRESS
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Dictionary entry overview
• NEGRESS (noun)
The noun NEGRESS has 1 sense:
1. a Black woman or girl
Familiarity information: NEGRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Black woman or girl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Negress" is a kind of...):
Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
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