PICANINNY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picaninny mean? 

• PICANINNY (noun)
  The noun PICANINNY has 1 sense:

1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child

  Familiarity information: PICANINNY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICANINNY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny

Hypernyms ("picaninny" is a kind of...):

African-American; Black; Negro; Negroid (a person with African ancestry,)

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)